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CVE-2021-23427

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-23427 is a critical vulnerability affecting all versions of the elFinder.NetCore package, stemming from insufficient validation in the ExtractAsync function within its FileSystem component. This flaw allows for arbitrary file extraction, posing a significant risk to affected systems. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, requiring no user interaction or privileges, and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its critical severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:elfinder.netcore_project:elfinder.netcore:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.6HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
4.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
70.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0143 is in the 57th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

nugetGHSA-wmpm-fq7r-jq56critical

Imporoper path validation in elFinder.NetCore

Sep 2, 2021

References

github.com / gordon-matt/elFinder.NetCore/blob/633da9a4d7d5c9baefd1730ee51bf7af54889600/elFinder.NetCore/Drivers/FileSystem/FileSystemDriver.cs%23L226
Broken Link
snyk.io / vuln/SNYK-DOTNET-ELFINDERNETCORE-1567778
ExploitThird Party Advisory