Unrestricted File Upload in studio-42/elfinder (CVE-2021-23394)
Summary
Vulnerability in studio-42/elfinder (CVE-2021-23394). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. Mitigation: upgrade to 2.1.58 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
The package studio-42/elfinder before 2.1.58 are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE) via execution of PHP code in a .phar file. NOTE: This only applies if the server parses .phar files as PHP.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD GitHub Advisory OSV
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2021-23394 has been found in studio-42/elfinder.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
What to do: upgrade studio-42/elfinder to 2.1.58 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "studio-42/elfinder CVE-2021-23394" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2021-23394 (studio-42/elfinder) — CWE-434
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Patched: 2.1.58 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-434) exists in studio-42/elfinder.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of studio-42/elfinder.
Severity: ?. Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to 2.1.58.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'studio-42/elfinder' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'studio-42/elfinder' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
studio-42/elfinderを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Apply patch patch
Upgrade studio-42/elfinder to 2.1.58ステージング環境で 2.1.58 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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3Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
References
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- advisory github.com
- advisory snyk.io
- patch github.com
- patch github.com
- report blog.sonarsource.com
- web github.com
- web blog.sonarsource.com