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Public proof of concept

CVE-2023-27842

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2023-03-21
  • WeaknessCWE-277

Am I affected?

With a domain, we read the version its public headers and pages expose. A distribution build can carry the fix under an older number.

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

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2023-03-2115:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-03 15:37 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
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  • Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2023-27842?format=txt
  • CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2023-27842?format=csv
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Versions per branch

NVD
Extplorer
BranchAffectedFixed in
2.1= 2.1.15no fix published

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • extplorerUbuntu:16.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed

Full record on NVD

Fix

No fix published by the sources we read yet. NVD record

Detection

read 2026-11-02 22:42 UTC
Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
1 repository, unverifiedcowsecurity/CVE-2023-27842
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2023-03-21
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-r9mc-9qw4-qm7r

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-27842?

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

Is CVE-2023-27842 actively exploited?

A proof-of-concept exploit exists for CVE-2023-27842, but active exploitation has not been confirmed at this time.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-27842?

CVE-2023-27842 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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