Easegen-Admin: Path Traversal in recognizeMarkdown (Pdf2MdUtil)
CVE-2026-4285 Published on March 16, 2026
taoofagi easegen-admin Pdf2MdUtil.java recognizeMarkdown path traversal
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.
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What is a Directory traversal Vulnerability?
The software uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the software does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.
CVE-2026-4285 has been classified to as a Directory traversal vulnerability or weakness.
Affected Versions
taoofagi easegen-admin Version 8f87936ac774065b92fb20aab55b274a6ea76433 is affected by CVE-2026-4285Exploit Probability
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