CVE-2021-47751

High

Description

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability—
ProductPhphtmledit Rich Text Editor
PublishedJan 13, 2026
First seenJan 13, 2026

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
phphtmledit rich_text_editorv ≤ 6.6—

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