Command Injection

Pheditor is vulnerable to Command Injection. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of terminal commands before passing them to shellexec, which allows an authenticated attacker to bypass the command whitelist using shell command substitution and execute arbitrary commands on the...

GHSA-P4H7-P9RJ-2PQ2 Pheditor: Hardcoded default password 'admin' with no forced change enables full application compromise

Summary Pheditor ships with a hardcoded default password admin SHA-512 hash stored at pheditor.php:11. There is no mechanism to force a password change on first login. Any deployment using the default credentials grants an attacker full access to the file editor, file upload, and terminal feature...

Use of Hard-coded Credentials

Overview Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use of Hard-coded Credentials via the PASSWORD authentication process. An attacker can gain full administrative access, execute arbitrary commands, and read or modify files by authenticating with the hardcoded default credentials. This ...

Pheditor: Incomplete command sanitization in terminal feature allows RCE via pipe operator, backtick substitution, and newline injection

Summary The terminal feature in Pheditor uses an incomplete character blocklist to sanitize user-supplied commands before passing them to shellexec. After the fix for GHSA-9643-6xjp-vx57 which added $ to the blocklist, the characters | single pipe, backtick, and the newline byte 0x0A remain...

GHSA-WG4W-WR5Q-6VJC Pheditor: Incomplete command sanitization in terminal feature allows RCE via pipe operator, backtick substitution, and newline injection

Summary The terminal feature in Pheditor uses an incomplete character blocklist to sanitize user-supplied commands before passing them to shellexec. After the fix for GHSA-9643-6xjp-vx57 which added $ to the blocklist, the characters | single pipe, backtick, and the newline byte 0x0A remain...

Command Injection

Overview Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Command Injection via incomplete sanitization of user-supplied commands in the terminal process. An attacker can execute arbitrary operating system commands as the web server user by injecting shell metacharacters such as single pipe |,...

Pheditor has an authenticated terminal command whitelist bypass

Summary Pheditor 2.0.4 has an authenticated terminal command whitelist bypass. The terminal feature checks whether the submitted command starts with one of the configured TERMINALCOMMANDS values, then passes the full command string to shellexec. Shell command substitution such as $ is not blocked...

GHSA-9643-6XJP-VX57 Pheditor has an authenticated terminal command whitelist bypass

Summary Pheditor 2.0.4 has an authenticated terminal command whitelist bypass. The terminal feature checks whether the submitted command starts with one of the configured TERMINALCOMMANDS values, then passes the full command string to shellexec. Shell command substitution such as $ is not blocked...

Command Injection

Overview Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Command Injection via the shellexec process. An attacker can execute arbitrary shell commands as the web server user by bypassing the intended command allowlist through shell command substitution in the command parameter. Remediation...

PT-2026-60674

Summary The terminal feature in Pheditor uses an incomplete character blocklist to sanitize user-supplied commands before passing them to shell exec. After the fix for GHSA-9643-6xjp-vx57 which added $ to the blocklist, the characters | single pipe, backtick, and the newline byte 0x0A remain...

PT-2026-60661

Summary Pheditor 2.0.4 has an authenticated terminal command whitelist bypass. The terminal feature checks whether the submitted command starts with one of the configured TERMINAL COMMANDS values, then passes the full command string to shell exec. Shell command substitution such as $ is not...

PT-2026-60697

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Pheditor versions 2.0.1 through 2.0.5 Description The terminal feature in Pheditor contains a flaw in how it sanitizes user-supplied commands before passing them to the shell exec function. While a blocklist is used to filter dangerous...

PT-2026-60694

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Pheditor versions prior to 2.0.5 Description An authenticated user with terminal permissions can bypass the command whitelist to execute arbitrary shell commands as the web server user. The terminal feature verifies if the submitted command...

PT-2026-60698

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Pheditor versions 2.0.1 through 2.0.5 Description Pheditor contains a hardcoded default password admin stored as a SHA-512 hash in the pheditor.php file. The application lacks a mechanism to force a password change upon the first login. An...

pheditor-file-write-rce-cve

CVE-2026-XXXXX Arbitrary File Write Leading to Remote Code...

OS Command Injection

pheditor/pheditor is vulnerable to OS Command Injection. The vulnerability is due to improper sanitization of the user-controlled dir parameter, which allows an attacker to inject shell metacharacters and execute arbitrary operating system commands, bypassing command whitelist restrictions...

GHSA-JVC5-6G7Q-C843 Pheditor: OS Command Injection in terminal handler via unsanitized 'dir' parameter

Summary An OS Command Injection vulnerability in the terminal action handler allows any authenticated user to execute arbitrary OS commands by injecting shell metacharacters into the 'dir' POST parameter, completely bypassing the TERMINALCOMMANDS whitelist and achieving full Remote Code Execution...

Exploit for CVE-2026-48030

CVE-2026-48030 — OS Command Injection in Pheditor Overview...

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in pheditor/pheditor

Description Hi there, there is a minor CSRF problem in your logout function, this will force the user to logout without their consent. Proof of Concept 1. Install phpeditor on your system 2. Login as admin 3. Go to this link /pheditor/pheditor.php?logout=1 4. See that you are logged out of...

Session Fixation in pheditor/pheditor

Description Session Fixation vulnerability found in pheditor in which it doesn't expire the sessions after password update. Proof of Concept // PoC 1. Open normal tab and one private tab 2. Open the pheditor on both of them and log in as a user 3. From private tab change the user password and log...