CVE-2021-47751 MEDIUM

CVE-2021-47751: CuteEditor for PHP 6.6 - Directory Traversal

Vendor Phphtmledit
Product CuteEditor
Weakness CWE-22 · Path traversal
Published January 13, 2026
Last update May 14, 2026

CVSS base score

5.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

CuteEditor for PHP (now referred to as Rich Text Editor) 6.6 contains a directory traversal vulnerability in the browse template feature that allows attackers to write files to arbitrary web root directories. Attackers can exploit the ServerMapPath() function by renaming uploaded HTML files using directory traversal sequences to write files outside the intended template directory.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 13, 2026 CVE published
May 14, 2026 Record updated