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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-9109

Studio 42 elFinder before 2.1.36 has a directory traversal vulnerability in elFinder.class.php with the zipdl() function that can allow a remote attacker to download files accessible by the web server process and delete files owned by the account running the web server process.

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31 Oct 2026, 10:19 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2018-9109

core-osv · Original source

Published 28 Mar 2018, 06:29 UTC

Studio 42 elFinder before 2.1.36 has a directory traversal vulnerability in elFinder.class.php with the zipdl() function that can allow a remote attacker to download files accessible by the web server process and delete files owned by the account running the web server process.

osv:CVE-2018-9109
Complete source record
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 381349,
  "published_at": "2018-03-28T06:29:00.26+00:00"
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