CVE-2026-48030 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Pheditor is a single-file editor and file manager written in PHP. From version 2.0.1 to before version 2.0.4, an OS Command Injection vulnerability in the terminal action handler allows any authenticated user to execute arbitrary OS commands by injecting shell metacharacters into the 'dir' POST parameter, completely bypassing the TERMINAL_COMMANDS whitelist and achieving full Remote Code Execution with web server privileges. This issue has been patched in version 2.0.4.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

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References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/pheditor/pheditor/releases/tag/2.0.4
https://github.com/pheditor/pheditor/security/advisories/GHSA-jvc5-6g7q-c843

History

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 20:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Pheditor is a single-file editor and file manager written in PHP. From version 2.0.1 to before version 2.0.4, an OS Command Injection vulnerability in the terminal action handler allows any authenticated user to execute arbitrary OS commands by injecting shell metacharacters into the 'dir' POST parameter, completely bypassing the TERMINAL_COMMANDS whitelist and achieving full Remote Code Execution with web server privileges. This issue has been patched in version 2.0.4.
Title		Pheditor: OS Command Injection in terminal handler via unsanitized 'dir' parameter (CWE-78)
Weaknesses		CWE-78
References		https://github.com/pheditor/pheditor/releases/tag/2.0.4 https://github.com/pheditor/pheditor/security/advisories/GHSA-jvc5-6g7q-c843
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 9.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2026-07-27T17:53:34.438Z

Updated: 2026-07-27T18:53:42.856Z

Reserved: 2026-05-20T17:44:09.588Z

Link: CVE-2026-48030

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-27T18:53:16.903Z

NVD

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Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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