Silverpeas up to 6.4.6 Personal Space absolute path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Silverpeas up to 6.4.6. This affects an unknown function of the component Personal Space. This manipulation causes absolute path traversal. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2026-53698. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Silverpeas up to 6.4.6. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component Personal Space. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a absolute path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-36. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize absolute path sequences such as "/abs/path" that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Silverpeas through 6.4.6 mishandles the "Personal space" feature that is selected when no componentId is set.

The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-53698 since 06/10/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.

Applying the patch caa6e6d1ac967ebd29b39e11c2ef5e7fd0047eec is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

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VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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CNA Base Score: 6.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Absolute path traversal
CWE: CWE-36 / CWE-22
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

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Patch: caa6e6d1ac967ebd29b39e11c2ef5e7fd0047eec

Timelineinfo

06/10/2026 Advisory disclosed
06/10/2026 +0 days CVE reserved
06/10/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
06/10/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 15229
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-53698 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-53698
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-370213

Entryinfo

Created: 06/10/2026 19:09
Changes: 06/10/2026 19:09 (65)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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