Security advisory

{
  "id": "01fac3a192d9b185ef99abab4f69fdde4fbd4a3d31f3c8ed84369ab437e5e5f9",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-12185",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2019-12185",
    "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2019-12185",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2019-12185",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2019-12185"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/elabftw/elabftw",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "b4de80d57bcf1d75c6ae4852baeaf673747d6b30"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "b4de80d57bcf1d75c6ae4852baeaf673747d6b30"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:elabftw:elabftw:1.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "1.8.5"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "1.8.5"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "1.8.5"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-12185.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:17.406776837Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/fuzzlove/eLabFTW-1.8.5-EntityController-Arbitrary-File-Upload-RCE"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2019-12185",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 429560,
  "published_at": "2019-05-20T00:29:00.397+00:00"
}