Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-4044

Medium

Published: 12 March 2026

Published
12 March 2026
Modified
22 April 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v4 5.1 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS Score 0.0012 30.7th percentile
Risk Priority 10 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2026-4044 is a medium-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Google (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 5.1 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 30.7th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A vulnerability was detected in projectsend up to r1945. This affects the function realpath of the file /import-orphans.php of the component Delete Handler. Performing a manipulation of the argument files[] results in path traversal. Remote exploitation of the attack is…

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possible. The exploit is now public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

CWE(s)
CWE-22

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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T1070.004 File Deletion Stealth
Adversaries may delete files left behind by the actions of their intrusion activity.
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Why these techniques?

Path traversal in public-facing web delete handler directly enables remote exploitation (T1190) and arbitrary file deletion (T1070.004).

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1

Affected Assets

Google
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inferred from references and description; NVD did not file a CPE for this CVE

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-22

Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.

References