CVE-2026-45139CWE-73

CI4MS Fileeditor allows deletion and rename of critical application files due to missing extension allowlist on destructive operations

Medium · published July 20, 2026

CVSS v3.1
6.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
40.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

CI4MS is a CodeIgniter 4-based content management system skeleton. Prior to version 0.31.9.0, the Fileeditor module enforces an extension allowlist (`['css','js','html','txt','json','sql','md']`) on content-write operations (`saveFile`, `createFile`), but two destructive endpoints — `deleteFileOrFolder` and `renameFile` — never validate the extension of the *source* path. A backend user with file-editor permissions can therefore unlink or rename any file inside the project root that is not explicitly listed in the small `$hiddenItems` blocklist. Critical framework files such as `app/Config/Routes.php`, `app/Config/App.php`, `app/Config/Database.php`, `app/Config/Filters.php`, `public/index.php`, and `public/.htaccess` all live outside that blocklist and can be destroyed, producing a persistent denial of service that requires filesystem-level redeployment to recover. Version 0.31.9.0 patches the issue.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00479 · 40.4th percentile
Weakness
CWE-73 · External Control of File Name or Path
Published
2026-07-20T13:58Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 20 JUL 13:58Z
    CI4MS Fileeditor allows deletion and rename of critical application files due to missing extension allowlist on destructive operations
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