Medium severity5.4NVD Advisory· Published Feb 9, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-44911
CVE-2021-44911
Description
XE before 1.11.6 is vulnerable to Unrestricted file upload via modules/menu/menu.admin.controller.php. When uploading the Mouse over button and When selected button, there is no restriction on the file suffix, which leads to any file uploading to the files directory. Since .htaccess only restricts the PHP type, uploading HTML-type files leads to stored XSS vulnerabilities.
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Affected products
3cpe:2.3:a:xpressengine:xpressengine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:xpressengine:xpressengine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <1.11.6
- (no CPE)range: <1.11.6
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Patches
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References
1- github.com/xpressengine/xe-core/issues/2434nvdExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
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