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CVE-2023-35840

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-35840 is a path traversal vulnerability found in the _joinPath function of elFinderVolumeLocalFileSystem.class.php within elFinder versions prior to 2.1.62, specifically impacting the PHP LocalVolumeDriver connector. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity and requires low privileges, potentially leading to high integrity impacts without affecting confidentiality or availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploits in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and it has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.1.62CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:std42:elfinder:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.94%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0194 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 21,974 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: studio-42/elfinderFixed in: 2.1.62
github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-wm5g-p99q-66g4high

elFinder vulnerable to path traversal in LocalVolumeDriver connector

Jun 14, 2023

References

github.com / afine-com/CVE-2023-35840
ExploitThird Party Advisory
github.com / sectroyer/CVEs/tree/main/CVE-2023-35840
ExploitThird Party Advisory
github.com / Studio-42/elFinder/commit/bb9aaa7b096a1b83f2f85657c43f12131ece2891
PatchVendor Advisory
github.com / Studio-42/elFinder/security/advisories/GHSA-wm5g-p99q-66g4
ExploitVendor Advisory