- 9.8CriticalCVSS base score
- 96.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.1% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 4Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
elFinder before 2.1.48 has a command injection vulnerability in the PHP connector.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module, a Nuclei template and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. 2 references of the record are tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits6
Metasploit modules1 module
- elFinder PHP Connector exiftran Command Injection (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/unix/webapp/elfinder_php_connector_exiftran_cmd_injectionRank excellentdisclosed 26 Feb 2019
Nuclei templates1 template
- elFinder <= 2.1.47 - Command Injection (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2019/CVE-2019-9194.yamlSeverity critical
Exploit-DB2 entries
- elFinder PHP Connector < 2.1.48 - 'exiftran' Command Injection (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 46539remote, phppublished 13 Mar 2019Verified
- elFinder 2.1.47 - 'PHP connector' Command Injection (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 46481webapps, phppublished 4 Mar 2019Verified
References tagged exploit2 references
- 46539 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 46481 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 5 years later
· 5 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 96.7% · top 0.1% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Packagiststudio-42/elfinderGHSA-4223-qj94-7x9p (opens in a new tab)
References
5
- https://github.com/Studio-42/elFinder/compare/6884c4f...0740028 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/Studio-42/elFinder/releases/tag/2.1.48 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 46539 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 46481 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- https://github.com/Studio-42/elFinder/blob/master/README.md (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-2262 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-4223-qj94-7x9p (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2019-9194)Record last updated .