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Fencer Vulns
high 8.8

CVE-2019-12185 in the critical feed json

eLabFTW 1.8.5 is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads via the /app/controllers/EntityController.php component.

published 2019-05-19 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-3834

cvss
8.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
17.3%
EPSS 17.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-46869)

Exploit prediction

17.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-46869 eLabFTW 1.8.5 - Arbitrary File Upload / Remote Code Execution webapps, 2019-05-20
  • incidentsecurity.com http://incidentsecurity.com/elabftw-1-8-5-entitycontroller-arbitrary-file-upload-rce/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • github.com https://github.com/fuzzlove/eLabFTW-1.8.5-EntityController-Arbitrary-File-Upload-RCE referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 9.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.