CVE-2026-40521 PUBLISHED

FrontAccounting < 2.4.20 Path Traversal RCE via attachment upload

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 13.04.2026 Published: 29.06.2026 Updated: 29.06.2026

FrontAccounting before 2.4.20 contains a path traversal vulnerability in the attachment upload handler that allows authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading files with traversal sequences in the unique_name parameter. Attackers can supply path traversal sequences ../../../shell.php to write files outside the intended attachments directory into the web root, and by uploading PHP files without extension validation, achieve remote code execution as the web server user.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 8.7

Product Status

Vendor FrontAccounting
Product FrontAccounting
Versions Default: affected
  • affected from 0 to 2.4.20 (excl.)
  • Version 701fea6848da4a02fb83d30f07a9c0473d6b7e33 is unaffected

Credits

  • Jiva (JivaSecurity) finder

References

Problem Types

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