CVE-2026-12116 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A vulnerability in the Xerte Online Tools allows for RCE through the antivirus binary path in the tools server settings, which can be changed to a PHP interpreter, allowing an attacker to upload PHP data that will then be executed.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

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References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/thexerteproject/xerteonlinetoolkits/commit/8ef20628f80bd88bd1fe3e5844a9116a910086b7
https://github.com/thexerteproject/xerteonlinetoolkits/issues/1543
https://www.xerte.org.uk/index.php/en/news/blog/80-news/364-xerte-3-14-and-3-15-important-security-update

History

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 13:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		A vulnerability in the Xerte Online Tools allows for RCE through the antivirus binary path in the tools server settings, which can be changed to a PHP interpreter, allowing an attacker to upload PHP data that will then be executed.
Title		CVE-2026-12116
References		https://github.com/thexerteproject/xerteonlinetoolkits/commit/8ef20628f80bd88bd1fe3e5844a9116a910086b7 https://github.com/thexerteproject/xerteonlinetoolkits/issues/1543 https://www.xerte.org.uk/index.php/en/news/blog/80-news/364-xerte-3-14-and-3-15-important-security-update

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: certcc

Published: 2026-07-09T12:37:31.679Z

Updated: 2026-07-09T15:15:34.035Z

Reserved: 2026-06-12T14:47:35.871Z

Link: CVE-2026-12116

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-09T15:15:24.262Z

NVD

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Redhat

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