CVE-2021-44664: Xerte

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 12.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An Authenticated Remote Code Exection (RCE) vulnerability exists in Xerte through 3.9 in website_code/php/import/fileupload.php by uploading a maliciously crafted PHP file though the project interface disguised as a language file to bypasses the upload filters. Attackers can manipulate the files destination by abusing path traversal in the 'mediapath' variable.

Affected products

• Xerte Xerte: up to and including 3.9

Published 2022-02-24. Last modified 2026-06-17.