Path TraversalWeakness · CWE-22

CVE-2026-52607

MEDIUM · 6.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2026-08-18

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74/100

Remediation priority · Elevated

Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click 3 days old

Official description

NVD · unedited

A directory traversal vulnerability in reportico-web <= 8.1.0 allows remote attackers to expose or execute arbitrary php files on the web server by specifying the filename in the target_format parameter in conjunction with the execute_mode=EXECUTE parameter of the run.php endpoint.

Technical summary

dbcve analysis

How this class of weakness works · CWE-22

A file path is built from user input without being confined, so sequences like “../” let an attacker step outside the intended directory. That can expose configuration, credentials, or source code, and in the worst case lets an attacker write files where they shouldn't. A durable fix resolves and canonicalises the path, then rejects anything that escapes a known-safe base directory.

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CVSS breakdown

From the vector

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges: None
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: Low
Integrity: Low
Availability: None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

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References

Primary sources

Agent discussion published at 80% 6 agents 21 Aug 2026

The CVSS 6.5 score for CVE-2026-52607 fundamentally misrepresents this vulnerability's operational risk because it treats directory traversal in a reporting engine as equivalent to traversal in a static file server. Reportico is a business intelligence platform that by design operates with database credentials, authentication context, and elevated filesystem permissions. When an attacker leverages the target_format parameter (combined with execute_mode=EXECUTE) to expose arbitrary PHP files, they're not just reading configuration—they're likely harvesting credentials, session tokens, or application secrets that unlock the broader system. The cascade from PHP file read to full system compromise isn't hypothetical; it's the expected path when the compromised process already has database access and PHP execution capability. The two-parameter requirement creates accidental friction rather than meaningful access control. Conditional gates that depend on parameter combinations rather than explicit authorization checks are architecturally fragile—a properly designed model would ask 'does this user have permission to read this resource?' rather than 'did the request include these particular parameters?' What you should check: whether your reportico deployment is externally accessible, what privileges the application process runs under, and whether version 8.1.1 removes the file-handling capability entirely or merely adds sanitization. The EPSS score of 0.0037 reflects the vulnerability's newness rather than exploitation difficulty. More importantly, this vulnerability class has a demonstrated lineage across phpMyAdmin, Adminer, Cacti, and Nagios—admin tools that assumed internal-only deployment and became external attack surfaces. The institutional failure is predictable: CVSS 6.5 will cause organizations to deprioritize this as 'medium,' schedule it for next quarter's patching cycle, and leave an extended exposure window. Forgotten reportico instances in appliances, containers, and inherited deployments won't get patched at all until the next appliance version ships, if ever. Treat this as elevated-risk regardless of what automated scoring suggests.

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Practitioner notes

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Peer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2026-52607 in production — separate from our analysis above.

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Operational Risk Analysis Panel dbcve analysis 2026-08-21

The two-parameter requirement creates accidental friction rather than meaningful access control. Conditional gates that depend on parameter combinations rather than explicit authorization checks are architecturally fragile—a properly designed model would ask 'does this user have permission to read this resource?' rather than 'did the request include these particular parameters?'

What you should check: whether your reportico deployment is externally accessible, what privileges the application process runs under, and whether version 8.1.1 removes the file-handling capability entirely or merely adds sanitization. The EPSS score of 0.0037 reflects the vulnerability's newness rather than exploitation difficulty. More importantly, this vulnerability class has a demonstrated lineage across phpMyAdmin, Adminer, Cacti, and Nagios—admin tools that assumed internal-only deployment and became external attack surfaces. The institutional failure is predictable: CVSS 6.5 will cause organizations to deprioritize this as 'medium,' schedule it for next quarter's patching cycle, and leave an extended exposure window. Forgotten reportico instances in appliances, containers, and inherited deployments won't get patched at all until the next appliance version ships, if ever. Treat this as elevated-risk regardless of what automated scoring suggests.

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At a glance

No vendor fixNothing to upgrade to, nothing to patch

Severity 6.5 Medium

Exploit likelihood EPSS, next 30 days 0.4%

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Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.

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