elFinder is an open-source file manager for web, written in JavaScript using jQuery UI. Prior to 2.1.70, checkExtractItems() in php/elFinderVolumeDriver.class.php calls mimetypeInternalDetect() without passing the result through mimeTypeNormalize(). Because the .phtml, .phar, .php5, and .php3 extensions are absent from mime.types, the staticMimeMap entries that map them to text/x-php are not applied, and allowPutMime() permits extraction even when uploadDeny blocks text/x-php. An attacker with ZIP upload permission can extract PHP-executable files into a web-accessible files/ directory and achieve remote code execution when the server executes those extensions. This issue is fixed in version 2.1.70.
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| Description | elFinder is an open-source file manager for web, written in JavaScript using jQuery UI. Prior to 2.1.70, checkExtractItems() in php/elFinderVolumeDriver.class.php calls mimetypeInternalDetect() without passing the result through mimeTypeNormalize(). Because the .phtml, .phar, .php5, and .php3 extensions are absent from mime.types, the staticMimeMap entries that map them to text/x-php are not applied, and allowPutMime() permits extraction even when uploadDeny blocks text/x-php. An attacker with ZIP upload permission can extract PHP-executable files into a web-accessible files/ directory and achieve remote code execution when the server executes those extensions. This issue is fixed in version 2.1.70. | |
| Title | elFinder: ZIP extraction bypasses uploadDeny MIME filter allowing PHP file upload (RCE) | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-434 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
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Updated: 2026-08-31T20:33:22.283Z
Reserved: 2026-08-27T17:48:42.123Z
Link: CVE-2026-81891
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-08-31T21:17:52.757
Modified: 2026-08-31T21:17:52.757
Link: CVE-2026-81891
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Updated: 2026-08-31T21:45:04Z
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