A vulnerability was determined in ZenTao up to 21.7.8. Affected by this vulnerability is the function delete of the file editor/control.php of the component Backup Handler. This manipulation of the argument fileName causes path traversal. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized.

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Fri, 20 Feb 2026 19:15:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:zentao:zentao:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 16:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 17 Feb 2026 09:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Zentao
Zentao zentao
Vendors & Products Zentao
Zentao zentao

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 10:45:00 +0000

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Description A vulnerability was determined in ZenTao up to 21.7.8. Affected by this vulnerability is the function delete of the file editor/control.php of the component Backup Handler. This manipulation of the argument fileName causes path traversal. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized.
Title ZenTao Backup control.php delete path traversal
Weaknesses CWE-22
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-17T14:57:45.261Z

Reserved: 2026-02-15T16:20:18.187Z

Link: CVE-2026-2551

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-02-17T14:57:42.465Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-02-16T11:15:56.550

Modified: 2026-02-20T19:06:41.460

Link: CVE-2026-2551

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-02-17T08:49:52Z

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