CVE-2026-12198
Description
A weakness has been identified in Microweber up to 2.0.20. This affects the function userfiles_path of the file /api_nosession/thumbnail_img of the component API Endpoint. Executing a manipulation of the argument cache_path_relative can lead to path traversal. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be used for attacks. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or โ if you've already worked around this in production โ publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
โ Propose a mitigation on Community โ Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- https://github.com/microweber/microweber/
- https://github.com/microweber/microweber/issues/1172
- https://github.com/whuHouYF/microweber-vuldb-disclosure-2026/blob/991630c494a99c70a96e456992a04de2ecb5a1e1/reports/microweber-path-traversal.md
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-12198
- https://vuldb.com/submit/829596
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/370841
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/370841/cti
CWEs
CWE-22
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.