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Security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2023-52044

Studio-42 eLfinder 2.1.62 is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE) as there is no restriction for uploading files with the .php8 extension.

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CVEs
CVE-2023-52044
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3 Nov 2026, 17:40 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2023-52044

core-osv · Original source

Published 31 Oct 2024, 00:00 UTC

Studio-42 eLfinder 2.1.62 is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE) as there is no restriction for uploading files with the .php8 extension.

osv:CVE-2023-52044
Complete source record
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  "id": "1643d628f9f3a9ee3968906506e0e53ea9c3e490165222d7f4c9c04d028494f3",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-52044",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2023-52044",
    "summary": "Studio-42 eLfinder 2.1.62 is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE) as there is no restriction for uploading files with the .php8 extension.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2023-52044",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2023-52044",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2023-52044"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/studio-42/elfinder",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "91133c14a341158beca82aede0b2138236a96bc8"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "91133c14a341158beca82aede0b2138236a96bc8"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:std42:elfinder:2.1.62:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.1.62"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "2.1.62"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "2.1.62"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-52044.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:30.918682880Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/52xxx/CVE-2023-52044.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-52044",
        "https://github.com/Studio-42/elFinder/issues/3615"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cna_assigner": "mitre",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/52xxx/CVE-2023-52044.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2023-52044",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 497949,
  "published_at": "2024-10-31T00:00:00+00:00"
}