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High
CVE-2021-46398
A Cross-Site Request Forgery vulnerability exists in Filebrowser < 2.18.0...
Vulnerability Description
A Cross-Site Request Forgery vulnerability exists in Filebrowser < 2.18.0 that allows attackers to create a backdoor user with admin privilege and get access to the filesystem via a malicious HTML webpage that is sent to the victim. An admin can run commands using the FileBrowser and hence it leads to RCE.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/commit/74b7cd8e81840537a8206317344f118093153e8d
- https://febin0x4e4a.blogspot.com/2022/01/critical-csrf-in-filebrowser.html
- https://febin0x4e4a.wordpress.com/2022/01/19/critical-csrf-in-filebrowser/
- https://systemweakness.com/critical-csrf-to-rce-in-filebrowser-865a3c34b8e7
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165885/FileBrowser-2.17.2-Code-Execution-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.html
- https://febinj.medium.com/critical-csrf-to-rce-in-filebrowser-865a3c34b8e7
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Vulnerable Versions:
0
Timeline
Official Publish:
February 4th, 2022
Last Modified:
August 4th, 2024
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.