CVE-2026-4999
Published: 28 March 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-4999 is a medium-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 28.3th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-16927
Vulnerability details
A security vulnerability has been detected in z-9527 admin up to 72aaf2dd05cf4ec2e98f390668b41e128eec5ad2. This issue affects the function uploadFile of the file /server/utils/upload.js of the component isImg Check. The manipulation of the argument fileType leads to path traversal. Remote exploitation of…
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the attack is possible. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. This product follows a rolling release approach for continuous delivery, so version details for affected or updated releases are not provided. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Path traversal in a remote upload function of a public-facing admin web app directly enables exploitation of the application for initial access or arbitrary file operations.
Affected Assets
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.
Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.