CVE-2026-126663

Contao 4.0.0 before 5.3.54, 5.4.0 before 5.7.17, and 6.0.0 before 6.0.6 Path Traversal via Image Insert Tag

Published Nov 11, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 5.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Contao 4.0.0 before 5.3.54, 5.4.0 before 5.7.17, and 6.0.0 before 6.0.6 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows content editors to read image files anywhere on the filesystem via the {{image::}} insert tag. Attackers can embed percent-encoded sequences like ..%2f that pass Validator::isInsecurePath() before rawurldecode(), making the frontend resize and serve readable image files outside the files directory.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Contao 4.0.0 before 5.3.54, 5.4.0 before 5.7.17, and 6.0.0 before 6.0.6 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows content editors to read image files anywhere on the filesystem via the {{image::}} insert tag. Attackers can embed percent-encoded sequences like ..%2f that pass Validator::isInsecurePath() before rawurldecode(), making the frontend resize and serve readable image files outside the files directory.
Title Contao 4.0.0 before 5.3.54, 5.4.0 before 5.7.17, and 6.0.0 before 6.0.6 Path Traversal via Image Insert Tag
First Time appeared Contao
Contao contao
Weaknesses CWE-180
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:contao:contao:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Contao
Contao contao
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
VulnCheck
Published
Updated
Nov 11, 2026, 12:24 PM
Reserved
Nov 11, 2026, 12:04 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Nov 11, 2026, 1:17 PM
Modified
Nov 11, 2026, 1:17 PM