CVE-2026-4285 taoofagi easegen-admin Pdf2MdUtil.java recognizeMarkdown path traversal
Remote attackers can exploit a path traversal vulnerability in the Pdf2MdUtil component to read arbitrary files from the server.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-4285?
CVE-2026-4285 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in taoofagi easegen-admin, published on 16 Mar 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability was identified in taoofagi easegen-admin up to 8f87936ac774065b92fb20aab55b274a6ea76433. Impacted is the function recognizeMarkdown of the file yudao-module-digitalcourse/yudao-module-digitalcourse-biz/src/main/java/cn/iocoder/yudao/module/digitalcourse/util/Pdf2MdUtil.java. Such manipulation of the argument fileUrl leads to path traversal. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. This product takes the approach of rolling releases to provide continious delivery. Therefore, version details for affected and updated releases are not available. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-4285?
How do I fix CVE-2026-4285?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-4285 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2026-4285 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-4285 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c3cr-f45p-2vfp.