TI-2018-06614 Aliases CVE-2018-9109 GHSA-45x3-mw7q-wf7f

Studio 42 elFinder before 2.1.36 has a directory traversal vulnerability in…

MEDIUM 45CWE-22Published 2018-03-28 · Updated 2024-08-05

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · None
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

Studio 42 elFinder before 2.1.36 has a directory traversal vulnerability in elFinder.class.php with the zipdl() function that can allow a remote attacker to download files accessible by the web server process and delete files owned by the account running the web server process.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02944 87th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed studio-42/elfinder (Packagist): 2.1.36

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA
—	studio-42/elfinder (Packagist)	before 2.1.36	2.1.36	Patch available	GHSA-45x3-mw7q-wf7f

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
studio-42/elfinder (Packagist) Vendor— Affected before 2.1.36 Fixed in 2.1.36 Patch available GHSA-45x3-mw7q-wf7f

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:std42:elfinder::::::::	before 2.1.36	Vulnerable	Std42

cpe:2.3:a:std42:elfinder:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.1.36 Vulnerable ·Std42

Remediation

Fix · GHSA-45x3-mw7q-wf7f studio-42/elfinder (Packagist) Fixed in 2.1.36 Advisory →

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-9109
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-45x3-mw7q-wf7f

References

Patch 1

https://github.com/Studio-42/elFinder/commit/157f471d7e48f190f74e66eb5bc73360b5352fd3

Advisory 3

Other 1

https://github.com/Studio-42/elFinder

TI-2019-06652 elFinder before 2.1.48 has a command injection vulnerability in the PHP connector. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2023-28504 Studio-42 eLfinder 2.1.62 is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE) as there is no… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2021-12350 Multiple vulnerabilities leading to RCE CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2022-10186 connector.minimal.php in std42 elFinder through 2.1.60 is affected by path traversal. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
TI-2021-19360 A File Upload vulnerability exists in Studio-42 elFinder 2.0.4 to 2.1.59 via… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2022-10265 In Studio-42 elFinder 2.1.60, there is a vulnerability that causes remote code execution… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8

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Sources

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