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high 8.8

CVE-2019-12185 in the critical feed json

eLabFTW 1.8.5 is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads via the /app/controllers/EntityController.php component.

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-3834

cvss
8.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
17.3%
EPSS 17.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

eLabFTW 1.8.5 is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads via the /app/controllers/EntityController.php component. This may result in remote command execution. An attacker can use a user account to fully compromise the system using a POST request. This will allow for PHP files to be written to the web root, and for code to execute on the remote server.

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Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-46869)

Exploit prediction

17.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-46869 eLabFTW 1.8.5 - Arbitrary File Upload / Remote Code Execution webapps, 2019-05-20
  • incidentsecurity.com http://incidentsecurity.com/elabftw-1-8-5-entitycontroller-arbitrary-file-upload-rce/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • github.com https://github.com/fuzzlove/eLabFTW-1.8.5-EntityController-Arbitrary-File-Upload-RCE referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 9.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

References

Sources

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