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Medium

Sensitive Data Exposure in elFinder

  • Disclosed: 13.05.2022
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

php/elFinder.class.php in elFinder before 2.1.45 leaks information if PHP's curl extension is enabled and safe_mode or open_basedir is not set.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Composer package studio-42/elfinder < 2.1.45 2.1.45

References

CVSS score 5.9/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-200
Platform
Composer
Package
studio-42/elfinder
Disclosed
13.05.2022
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-jcgc-vxqg-85xx - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: studio-42/elfinder

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Composer package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (18) in the archive
Total entries
18
First → latest
06.2021 09.2026
Without a fix
2
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 7
  • High 8
  • Medium 3

Disclosures per year

Severity:
  1. elFinder: ZIP extraction bypasses uploadDeny MIME filter allowing PHP file upload (RCE)
    High · 8.1 CVE-2026-81891 < 2.1.70 2.1.70
  2. elFinder: SSRF protection bypass via DNS rebinding in the `fsock_get_contents()` fallback
    High · 8.6 CVE-2026-81889 < 2.1.70 2.1.70
  3. elFinder MySQL has a SQL Injection in its Volume Driver (elFinderVolumeMySQL)
    High · 8.8 CVE-2026-44521 < 2.1.68 2.1.68
  4. elFinder: Command injection in resize background color parameter when using ImageMagick CLI
    High · 9.8 CVE-2026-41247 < 2.1.67 2.1.67
  5. Studio 42 elFinder vulnerable to Incorrect Access Control
    High · 9.8 CVE-2024-38909 <= 2.1.64 no fix
  6. elFinder vulnerable to path traversal in LocalVolumeDriver connector
    High · 7.5 CVE-2023-35840 < 2.1.62 2.1.62
  7. elFinder command injection vulnerability in the PHP connector
    Critical · 9.8 CVE-2019-9194 < 2.1.48 2.1.48
  8. Directory Traversal in Studio 42 elFinder
    Critical · 9.1 CVE-2018-9110 >= 2.1.12, < 2.1.37 2.1.37
  9. Sensitive Data Exposure in elFinder this entry
    Medium · 5.9 CVE-2019-5884 < 2.1.45 2.1.45
  10. elFinder Path Traversal vulnerability
    Critical · 9.1 CVE-2018-9109 < 2.1.36 2.1.36
  11. elFinder Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
    High · 7.7 CVE-2019-6257 < 2.1.49 2.1.49
  12. RCE in Studio-42 elFinder on Windows before 2.1.61
    Critical · 9.8 CVE-2022-27115 < 2.1.61 2.1.61
  13. elFinder Unrestricted File Upload vulnerability
    Critical · 9.8 CVE-2021-43421 >= 2.0.4, < 2.1.60 2.1.60
  14. Path Traversal in Studio-42 elFinder through 2.1.60
    Critical · 9.1 CVE-2022-26960 < 2.1.61 2.1.61
  15. elFinder before 2.1.59 contains multiple vulnerabilities leading to RCE
    Critical · 9.8 CVE-2021-32682 < 2.1.59 2.1.59
  16. elFinder unsafe upload filtering leading to remote code execution
    High · 8.1 CVE-2021-23394 < 2.1.58 2.1.58

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