Vulnerability · Published Apr 7, 2022 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2021-43421

Critical 9.8

In plain English

A critical-severity security flaw in the studio-42/elfinder package (Packagist). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 42.8% (higher than 99% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Nuclei. Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)42.8%top 1.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack tooling1Nuclei

Official description

A File Upload vulnerability exists in Studio-42 elFinder 2.0.4 to 2.1.59 via connector.minimal.php, which allows a remote malicious user to upload arbitrary files and execute PHP code.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Packagiststudio-42/elfinder2.1.60GHSA-x4jx-hjwf-gc99

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

References