CVE-2026-48030: pheditor >= 2.0.1, < 2.0.4

CVE-2026-48030. CVSS 3.1 base score 9.9 (CRITICAL, Vendor/CNA). EPSS 0.07548 (percentile 0.94502), scored 22-Oct-2026.

Affected technology

pheditor · >= 2.0.1, < 2.0.4
pheditor

Component: Not specified by the source

Attack conditions (Vendor/CNA, CVSS 3.1): Network (remote) · Low privileges required · No user interaction required

What an attacker can do

Any authenticated user can execute arbitrary OS commands by injecting shell metacharacters into the 'dir' POST parameter, completely bypassing the TERMINAL_COMMANDS whitelist and achieving full Remote Code Execution with web server privileges. Vendor/CNA’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 9.9/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as high.

Published 24-Oct-2026 15:08 UTC

CWE: CWE-78
CCR priority: 41.5 /100 (P3)
CVSS 3.1: 9.9 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H · Vendor/CNA
EPSS: 0.07548 · percentile 0.94514 · 2026-10-24
KEV: no

Provenance

FIRST EPSS daily exploit-probability · Source record · observed 2026-10-24 15:09:16.138216+00:00 UTC
NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-24 15:07:27.951960+00:00 UTC

Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2026-48030.html