Missing authorization in FileGator lets users read others' temp files
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · Low · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
FileGator versions before 7.15.0 are affected. The POST /upload endpoint uses request-supplied filenames as unnamespaced keys in shared temporary storage, which is missing authorization (CWE-862). A low-privileged user with upload permission in a multi-user deployment can read, modify, or delete another user's transient files, including pending archives.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
Description from the CNA
FileGator is a multi-user file manager. Prior to 7.15.0, POST /upload in backend/Controllers/UploadController.php uses the request-supplied resumableFilename as an unnamespaced key in shared temporary storage. In a multi-user deployment configured with distinct per-user home directories, a low-privileged user with upload permission can set resumableTotalChunks and resumableTotalSize to zero so the assembly loop writes no data, after which the handler reads a pre-existing temporary file with that name, stores it in the attacker's home directory, and removes it. The same filename path can append data when chunks are supplied, allowing disclosure, modification, or deletion of another user's transient object, including a pending archive or the login rate-limit lockfile, while Tmpfs path sanitization limits the primitive to the temporary directory. This issue is fixed in version 7.15.0.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
Upgrade FileGator to version 7.15.0, which fixes this issue.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
- Fix · CNA filegator (filegator) Fixed in 7.15.0
Timeline
- 2026-11-06 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-94619
- 2026-11-08 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
References
More filegator vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-45171 FileGator privilege escalation CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.4
- TI-2022-01714 Path Traversal in filegator/filegator CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
- TI-2022-01713 Session Fixation in filegator/filegator CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2026-86146 Missing authorization in FileGator batch download exposes archives CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
Sources
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