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TI-2023-12441 Aliases CVE-2023-27842GHSA-r9mc-9qw4-qm7r

Insecure Permissions vulnerability found in Extplorer File manager eXtplorer v.2.1.15…

Priority HIGH 73CWE-277Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Insecure Permissions vulnerability found in Extplorer File manager eXtplorer v.2.1.15 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the index.php compenent

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.02418 84th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 3 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:extplorer:extplorer:2.1.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1.15Vulnerablesoerennb
  • cpe:2.3:a:extplorer:extplorer:2.1.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.1.15 Vulnerable ·soerennb

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-27842
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r9mc-9qw4-qm7r

References

Exploit 3

Other 2

  • TI-2023-30609 eXtplorer<= 2.1.14 - Authentication Bypass & Remote Code Execution (RCE) CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
  • TI-2012-05412 ext_find_user in eXtplorer through 2.1.2 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2025-11943 soerennb eXtplorer Filename cross site scripting CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.1
  • TI-2019-05193 eXtplorer exposes /usr and /etc/extplorer over HTTP CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2016-03698 Directory traversal vulnerability in unzip/extract feature in eXtplorer 2.1.9 allows… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2019-15231 soerennb eXtplorer Archive archive.php path traversal CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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