CVE-2023-27842 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Insecure Permissions vulnerability found in Extplorer File manager eXtplorer v.2.1.15 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the index.php compenent

Published: 2023-03-21

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: 35.6% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:extplorer:extplorer:2.1.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.35571.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
http://blog.tristaomarinho.com/extplorer-2-1-15-insecure-permissions-following-remote-code-execution/
http://extplorer.net/
http://extplorer.net/attachments/download/99/eXtplorer_2.1.15.zip
https://github.com/tristao-marinho/CVE-2023-27842
https://github.com/tristao-marinho/CVE-2023-27842/blob/main/README.md

History

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Wed, 26 Feb 2025 18:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-277

Subscriptions

Extplorer Extplorer

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-03-21T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-02-26T17:11:02.653Z

Reserved: 2023-03-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-27842

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T12:23:29.954Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-03-21T15:15:12.413

Modified: 2025-02-26T18:15:12.810

Link: CVE-2023-27842

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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