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Xerte Online Toolkits Arbitrary File Upload - Unauthenticated Template Import

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Disclosed
Aug 4, 2025
Created
Feb 13, 2026

Description

This module exploits an authentication bypass allowing arbitrary
file upload in versions 3.14 and earlier to upload and execute a shell.
Specifically, this targets /website_code/php/import/import.php

OPSEC
This module results in directories being created and database entries which can
not easily be cleaned up automatically.

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_unauthenticated_template_import_rce
    msf exploit(xerte_unauthenticated_template_import_rce) > show targets
        ...targets...
    msf exploit(xerte_unauthenticated_template_import_rce) > set TARGET < target-id >
    msf exploit(xerte_unauthenticated_template_import_rce) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf exploit(xerte_unauthenticated_template_import_rce) > exploit
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