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GHSA-vm6r-j788-hjh5

GitHub Security Advisory

Contao affected by remote command execution through file upload

✓ GitHub Reviewed HIGH Has CVE

Advisory Details

### Impact

Back end users with access to the file manager can upload malicious files and execute them on the server.

### Patches

Update to Contao 4.13.49, 5.3.15 or 5.4.3.

### Workarounds

Configure your web server so it does not execute PHP files and other scripts in the Contao file upload directory.

### References

https://contao.org/en/security-advisories/remote-command-execution-through-file-uploads

### For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, open an issue in [contao/contao](https://github.com/contao/contao/issues/new/choose).

### Credits

Thanks to Jakob Steeg from usd AG for reporting this vulnerability.

Affected Packages

Packagist contao/core-bundle
Affected versions: 4.0.0 (fixed in 4.13.49)
Packagist contao/core-bundle
Affected versions: 5.0.0 (fixed in 5.3.15)
Packagist contao/core-bundle
Affected versions: 5.4.0 (fixed in 5.4.3)

Related CVEs

Key Information

GHSA ID
GHSA-vm6r-j788-hjh5
Published
September 17, 2024 2:58 PM
Last Modified
September 17, 2024 10:24 PM
CVSS Score
7.5 /10
Primary Ecosystem
Packagist
Primary Package
contao/core-bundle
GitHub Reviewed
✓ Yes

Dataset

Last updated: July 28, 2025 6:37 AM

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