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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.1

CVE-2022-26960 in the critical feed json

Path Traversal in Studio-42 elFinder through 2.1.60

published 2022-03-21 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-7q88-jxvp-9gp2 , EUVD-2022-1364

cvss
9.1
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
51.0%
EPSS 51.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
0
none known, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • packagist studio-42/elfinder 2.1.61
  • std42 elfinder 2.1.61

Exploit prediction

50.99% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Nuclei template elFinder <=2.1.60 - Local File Inclusion nuclei detection template
  • synacktiv.com https://www.synacktiv.com/publications/elfinder-the-story-of-a-repwning.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
GitHub 3.1 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
packagist studio-42/elfinder
<2.1.61
2.1.61

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

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.