Summary Pheditor ships with a hardcoded default password admin (SHA-512 hash stored at pheditor.php:11). There is no mechanism to force a password change on first login. Any deployment using the default credentials gran…
| CVE ID | CVE-2026-55579 |
| Vendor | Unknown Vendor |
| Affected Product | Unknown Product |
| Vulnerability Type | Security Vulnerability |
| CVSS Score | 9.8 (CRITICAL) |
| Actively Exploited | ❌ No known exploitation |
| Patch Status | Pending Vendor Disclosure |
| Reported By | CYBERDUDEBIVASH SENTINEL APEX Intelligence (via sentinel_apex) |
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Pheditor ships with a hardcoded default password admin (SHA-512 hash stored at pheditor.php:11). There is no mechanism to force a password change on first login. Any deployment using the default credentials grants an attacker full access to the file editor, file upload, and terminal features, enabling arbitrary file read/write and remote code execution.
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Tested repository: https://github.com/pheditor/pheditor
Tested commit: e538f05b6faec99e5b23726bc9c17d6b57774297 (current HEAD on main)
Affected version: All versions of Pheditor
The password is hardcoded at pheditor.php:11:
``php define('PASSWORD', 'c7ad44cbad762a5da0a452f9e854fdc1e0e7a52a38015f23f3eab1d80b931dd472634dfac71cd34ebc35d16ab7fb8a90c81f975113d6c7538dc69dd8de9077ec'); ``
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