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Description

REDAXO is a PHP-based content management system. Prior to version 5.20.2, authenticated users with backup permissions can read arbitrary files within the webroot via path traversal in the Backup addon's file export functionality. The Backup addon does not validate the `EXPDIR` POST parameter against the UI-generated allowlist of permitted directories. An attacker can supply relative paths containing `../` sequences (or even absolute paths inside the document root) to include any readable file in the generated `.tar.gz` archive. Version 5.20.2 fixes this issue.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-01-05 | Published 2026-01-07 | Updated 2026-01-08 | Assigner GitHub_M




HIGH: 8.3CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N

Problem types

CWE-24: Path Traversal: '../filedir'

CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Product status

< 5.20.2
affected

References

github.com/...redaxo/security/advisories/GHSA-824x-88xg-cwrv exploit

github.com/...redaxo/security/advisories/GHSA-824x-88xg-cwrv

github.com/redaxo/redaxo/releases/tag/5.20.2

cve.org (CVE-2026-21857)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-21857)

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