Authenticated arbitrary file deletion via path traversal
Published Aug 31, 2026 · Updated Aug 31, 2026
Path traversal in SeaCMS 13.0 through 13.6 allows remote authenticated users to delete writable .js files via Comment Cache requests. The member.php del_pl handler concatenates request-controlled itype and vid values into data/cache/review/$itype/$vid.js, and delFile() passes the resulting path to unlink() without canonicalization or a directory-boundary check. A low-privileged member must own the referenced comment; successful exploitation deletes a web-server-writable .js file and the associated comment row.
Summary
What happened
Path traversal in SeaCMS 13.0 through 13.6 allows remote authenticated users to delete writable .js files via Comment Cache requests. The member.php del_pl handler concatenates request-controlled itype and vid values into data/cache/review/$itype/$vid.js, and delFile() passes the resulting path to unlink() without canonicalization or a directory-boundary check. A low-privileged member must own the referenced comment; successful exploitation deletes a web-server-writable .js file and the associated comment row.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-82603
- Published
- Aug 31, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 31, 2026
- Vendor
- SeaCMS
- Product
- SeaCMS
- Classifications
- CWE-22, T1070.004
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 31, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 31, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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Is a vulnerable build present?
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- Affected versionversion=13.0
- Affected versionversion=13.1
- Affected versionversion=13.2
- Affected versionversion=13.3
- Affected versionversion=13.4
- Affected versionversion=13.5
- Affected versionversion=13.6
What conditions does exploitation require?
What is affected?
Attacks
What attackers are doing with it
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- SeaCMS 13.6 member del_pl path traversal proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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