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CVE-2026-55579

Pheditor is a single-file editor and file manager written in PHP. From version 2.0.1 to before version 2.0.6, Pheditor ships with a hardcoded default password admin (SHA-512 hash stored at pheditor.php:11). There is no mechanism to force a password change on first login. Any deployment using the default credentials grants an attacker full access to the file editor, file upload, and terminal features, enabling arbitrary file read/write and remote code execution. This issue has been patched in ver
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:59b30c0f86e9b0946c1cde009c0031467708c1e238c5c95f19092d14c7ff86e7
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion
{"product":"pheditor","vendor":"pheditor","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":">= 2.0.1, < 2.0.6"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:a30c11d695f901a9bd5f09aca6a9fefb1de1bff75d8a60b5c7a737d545de8129 · sha256:3ffd75977597ebd0… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion
{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":9.8,"baseSeverity":"CRITICAL","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:a30c11d695f901a9bd5f09aca6a9fefb1de1bff75d8a60b5c7a737d545de8129 · sha256:3ffd75977597ebd0… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1

CWE assertions

1 source assertion
{"cweId":"CWE-798","description":"CWE-798: Use of Hard-coded Credentials","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:a30c11d695f901a9bd5f09aca6a9fefb1de1bff75d8a60b5c7a737d545de8129 · sha256:3ffd75977597ebd0… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

3 source assertions
{"name":"https://github.com/pheditor/pheditor/releases/tag/2.0.6","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/pheditor/pheditor/releases/tag/2.0.6"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:a30c11d695f901a9bd5f09aca6a9fefb1de1bff75d8a60b5c7a737d545de8129 · sha256:3ffd75977597ebd0… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"name":"https://github.com/pheditor/pheditor/security/advisories/GHSA-p4h7-p9rj-2pq2","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/pheditor/pheditor/security/advisories/GHSA-p4h7-p9rj-2pq2"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:a30c11d695f901a9bd5f09aca6a9fefb1de1bff75d8a60b5c7a737d545de8129 · sha256:3ffd75977597ebd0… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"tags":["exploit"],"url":"https://github.com/pheditor/pheditor/security/advisories/GHSA-p4h7-p9rj-2pq2"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:a30c11d695f901a9bd5f09aca6a9fefb1de1bff75d8a60b5c7a737d545de8129 · sha256:3ffd75977597ebd0… · /containers/adp/0/references/0

Attribution and limitations

  • CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

Provider severity values are preserved separately. Baitaphish does not convert them into a risk rating, infer affected products, or treat EPSS as observed exploitation.

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