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CVE-2023-35840

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-06-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

_joinPath in elFinderVolumeLocalFileSystem.class.php in elFinder before 2.1.62 allows path traversal in the PHP LocalVolumeDriver connector.

Affected products

• Studio-42 elFinder: before 2.1.62 — fixed in 2.1.62

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Studio-42 elFinder 2.1.62. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/Studio-42/elFinder/commit/bb9aaa7b096a1b83f2f85657c43f12131ece2891
• https://github.com/Studio-42/elFinder/security/advisories/GHSA-wm5g-p99q-66g4
• https://github.com/afine-com/CVE-2023-35840
• https://github.com/sectroyer/CVEs/tree/main/CVE-2023-35840
• https://github.com/Studio-42/elFinder/commit/bb9aaa7b096a1b83f2f85657c43f12131ece2891
• https://github.com/Studio-42/elFinder/security/advisories/GHSA-wm5g-p99q-66g4
• https://github.com/afine-com/CVE-2023-35840
• https://github.com/sectroyer/CVEs/tree/main/CVE-2023-35840

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