# CVE-2026-72604: Intelliants Subrion CMS - Path Traversal

> Authenticated administrators can delete arbitrary server files via unsanitized input in the admin panel, risking data loss and system instability.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Aug 2026
- **Updated:** 11 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fgfw-7r72-25m2

## What is CVE-2026-72604?

CVE-2026-72604 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Intelliants Subrion CMS, published on 11 Aug 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A path traversal vulnerability in Intelliants Subrion CMS through 4.2.1 allows authenticated administrators to delete arbitrary files on the server via the admin panel file deletion endpoint. The endpoint passes a user-supplied file path directly to unlink() without sanitization or path canonicalization. An authenticated administrator can delete sensitive system files outside the web root, potentially causing server instability or facilitating further attacks.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-72604?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-72604?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-72604 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-72604 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-72604 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-72604 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-72604 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Intelliants Subrion CMS, published on 11 Aug 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-72604 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Intelliants Subrion CMS. 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-2026-72604/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-72604/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72604
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72604
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-72604

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-72604/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.