CVE-2018-9109: elFinder Path Traversal vulnerability

critical Affects studio-42/elfinder. Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published 2022-05-13; advisory modified 2024-02-16.

elFinder Path Traversal vulnerability

Package: studio-42/elfinder Composer
Affected versions: <2.1.36
Fixed in: 2.1.36
Severity: critical CVSS 9.1
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 3% (87.1th percentile)
Published: 2022-05-13
Source: osv.dev

References

CWE-22

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