REDAXO is a PHP-based content management system. Prior to version 5.20.2, authenticated users with backup permissions can read arbitrary files within the webroot via path traversal in the Backup addon's file export functionality. The Backup addon does not validate the `EXPDIR` POST parameter against the UI-generated allowlist of permitted directories. An attacker can supply relative paths containing `../` sequences (or even absolute paths inside the document root) to include any readable file in the generated `.tar.gz` archive. Version 5.20.2 fixes this issue.
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| Description | REDAXO is a PHP-based content management system. Prior to version 5.20.2, authenticated users with backup permissions can read arbitrary files within the webroot via path traversal in the Backup addon's file export functionality. The Backup addon does not validate the `EXPDIR` POST parameter against the UI-generated allowlist of permitted directories. An attacker can supply relative paths containing `../` sequences (or even absolute paths inside the document root) to include any readable file in the generated `.tar.gz` archive. Version 5.20.2 fixes this issue. | |
| Title | Redaxo has Path Traversal in Backup Addon Leading to Arbitrary File Read | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-22 CWE-24 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-01-08T18:17:35.890Z
Reserved: 2026-01-05T16:44:16.367Z
Link: CVE-2026-21857
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Status : Undergoing Analysis
Published: 2026-01-07T23:15:50.830
Modified: 2026-01-08T19:15:58.810
Link: CVE-2026-21857
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-01-08T09:48:02Z