CVE-2021-23428

critical

Description

This affects all versions of package elFinder.NetCore. The Path.Combine(...) method is used to create an absolute file path. Due to missing sanitation of the user input and a missing check of the generated path its possible to escape the Files directory via path traversal

References

Advisories
More

https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-DOTNET-ELFINDERNETCORE-1313838

https://github.com/gordon-matt/elFinder.NetCore

https://github.com/gordon-matt/elFinder.NetCore/blob/633da9a4d7d5c9baefd1730ee51bf7af54889600/elFinder.NetCore/Drivers/FileSystem/FileSystemDriver.cs%23L387

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-09-01

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

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

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00754