High severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 27, 2026· Updated Jul 28, 2026
Pheditor: Incomplete command sanitization in terminal feature allows RCE via pipe operator, backtick substitution, and newline injection
CVE-2026-55578
Description
Pheditor is a single-file editor and file manager written in PHP. From version 2.0.1 to before version 2.0.6, the terminal feature in Pheditor uses an incomplete character blocklist to sanitize user-supplied commands before passing them to shell_exec(). After the fix for GHSA-9643-6xjp-vx57 (which added $ to the blocklist), the characters | (single pipe), ` (backtick), and the newline byte (0x0A) remain unblocked. An authenticated user with the terminal permission (enabled by default) can leverage any of these to bypass the TERMINAL_COMMANDS allowlist and execute arbitrary OS commands as the web server user. This issue has been patched in version 2.0.6.
Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
pheditor/pheditorPackagist | >= 2.0.1, < 2.0.6 | 2.0.6 |
Affected products
1Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- github.com/advisories/GHSA-wg4w-wr5q-6vjcghsaADVISORY
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-9643-6xjp-vx57mitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/pheditor/pheditor/releases/tag/2.0.6ghsax_refsource_MISCWEB
- github.com/pheditor/pheditor/security/advisories/GHSA-wg4w-wr5q-6vjcghsax_refsource_CONFIRMWEB
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