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CVE-2022-26960

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 51.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-03-21 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

connector.minimal.php in std42 elFinder through 2.1.60 is affected by path traversal. This allows unauthenticated remote attackers to read, write, and browse files outside the configured document root. This is due to improper handling of absolute file paths.

Affected products

• Studio-42 elFinder: before 2.1.61 — fixed in 2.1.61

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Studio-42 elFinder 2.1.61. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/Studio-42/elFinder/commit/3b758495538a448ac8830ee3559e7fb2c260c6db
• https://www.synacktiv.com/publications.html
• https://www.synacktiv.com/publications/elfinder-the-story-of-a-repwning.html
• https://github.com/Studio-42/elFinder/commit/3b758495538a448ac8830ee3559e7fb2c260c6db
• https://www.synacktiv.com/publications.html
• https://www.synacktiv.com/publications/elfinder-the-story-of-a-repwning.html

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