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GHSA-wph3-44rj-92pr

CriticalCVSS 9.8 / 10
Published Jun 16, 2021·Last modified Mar 13, 2026
Affected Components(0)

No affected components available

Description

Impact

We recently fixed several vulnerabilities affect elFinder 2.1.58. These vulnerabilities can allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code and commands on the server hosting the elFinder PHP connector, even with the minimal configuration.

Patches

The issues were addressed in our last release, 2.1.59.

Workarounds

If you can't update to 2.1.59, make sure your connector is not exposed without authentication.

Reference

Further technical details will be disclosed on https://blog.sonarsource.com/tag/security after some time.

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, you can contact: - The original reporters, by sending an email to vulnerability.research@sonarsource.com; - The maintainers, by opening an issue on this repository.

Risk Scores
Base Score
9.8

The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker does not need any special privileges or access rights. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability. The impact is confined to the system where the vulnerability exists. There is a high impact on the confidentiality of the information. There is a high impact on the integrity of the data. There is a high impact on the availability of the system.

Threat Intelligence
9.0

Active exploitation in the wild has been confirmed. Immediate patching or mitigation is required.

EPSS
69.93%

The exploit probability is very high. The vulnerability is very likely to be exploited in the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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