# CVE-2026-41459: Xerte Online Toolkits Path Disclosure via /setup

> Unauthenticated attackers can retrieve the server-side filesystem path via the /setup page, aiding further attacks like path traversal.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.9 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Apr 2026
- **Updated:** 14 Jul 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-53wm-fw97-q62h

## What is CVE-2026-41459?

CVE-2026-41459 is a medium-severity vulnerability in thexerteproject xerteonlinetoolkits, published on 22 Apr 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Xerte Online Toolkits versions 3.15 and earlier contain an information disclosure vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to retrieve the full server-side filesystem path of the application root. Attackers can send a GET request to the /setup page to access the exposed root_path value rendered in the HTML response, which enables exploitation of path-dependent vulnerabilities such as relative path traversal in connector.php.

Weakness: CWE-497 (Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-41459?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-41459?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-41459 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-41459 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-41459 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Xerte Online Toolkits Arbitrary File Upload - Unauthenticated Media Upload (metasploit)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-41459 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-41459 is a medium-severity vulnerability in thexerteproject xerteonlinetoolkits, published on 22 Apr 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-41459 exists.

Affected product: thexerteproject xerteonlinetoolkits. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-41459/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-41459/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-41459
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41459
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-41459

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-41459/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.