VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2026-40187
EPSS probability0.86%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-07-20
Last modified2026-07-23
Description
In egroupware version 26.0 and earlier, an authenticated administrator can achieve OS-level Remote Code Execution (RCE) by uploading a malicious eTemplate XML file (`.xet`) to the VFS `/etemplates` mount. The `Widget::expand_name()` method passes template widget attribute values directly into a PHP `eval()` call with only double-quote escaping applied - **backtick characters are not escaped**. In PHP, backticks inside a double-quoted `eval()` string execute shell commands. This allows an admin-level user to escalate from web application access to arbitrary OS command execution on the server.
Weakness classification
- security-advisories@github.com: CWE-78