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CVE-2019-12185

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 17.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-05-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-434

Description

eLabFTW 1.8.5 is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads via the /app/controllers/EntityController.php component. This may result in remote command execution. An attacker can use a user account to fully compromise the system using a POST request. This will allow for PHP files to be written to the web root, and for code to execute on the remote server.

Affected products

• elabftw: 1.8.5

References

• http://incidentsecurity.com/elabftw-1-8-5-entitycontroller-arbitrary-file-upload-rce/
• https://github.com/fuzzlove/eLabFTW-1.8.5-EntityController-Arbitrary-File-Upload-RCE
• http://incidentsecurity.com/elabftw-1-8-5-entitycontroller-arbitrary-file-upload-rce/
• https://github.com/fuzzlove/eLabFTW-1.8.5-EntityController-Arbitrary-File-Upload-RCE

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