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Xerte Online Toolkits Arbitrary File Upload - Upload Image

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Disclosed
Aug 4, 2025
Created
Feb 13, 2026

Description

This module exploits the user template file import function's unrestricted
file upload in versions 3.14 and earlier to upload and execute a shell.
This targets editor/uploadImage.php.
This has only been tested in implementations where the authentication type is "Db".

OPSEC
- if the user is logged in elsewhere, they may experience interruptions
- several requests sent to the server and activity is logged

Author

Brandon Lester

Platform

PHP

Architectures

php

References

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':


    msf > use exploit/multi/http/xerte_authenticated_rce_uploadimage
    msf exploit(xerte_authenticated_rce_uploadimage) > show targets
        ...targets...
    msf exploit(xerte_authenticated_rce_uploadimage) > set TARGET < target-id >
    msf exploit(xerte_authenticated_rce_uploadimage) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf exploit(xerte_authenticated_rce_uploadimage) > exploit
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