CVE-2026-1776 PUBLISHED

Camaleon CMS AWS Uploader Authenticated Path Traversal Arbitrary File Read

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 02.02.2026 Published: 09.03.2026 Updated: 09.03.2026

Camaleon CMS versions 2.4.5.0 through 2.9.0, prior to commit f54a77e, contain a path traversal vulnerability in the AWS S3 uploader implementation that allows authenticated users to read arbitrary files from the web server’s filesystem. The issue occurs in the download_private_file functionality when the application is configured to use the CamaleonCmsAwsUploader backend. Unlike the local uploader implementation, the AWS uploader does not validate file paths with valid_folder_path?, allowing directory traversal sequences to be supplied via the file parameter. As a result, any authenticated user, including low-privileged registered users, can access sensitive files such as /etc/passwd. This issue represents a bypass of the incomplete fix for CVE-2024-46987 and affects deployments using the AWS S3 storage backend.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 6

Product Status

Vendor owen2345
Product Camaleon CMS
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 2.4.5.0 to 2.9.0 (incl.)
  • Version commit f54a77e is unaffected

Credits

  • Michael Loomis (investigato) finder
  • VulnCheck coordinator

References

Problem Types

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