CVE-2019-12185: Elabftw

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 17.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Elabftw Elabftw: version 1.8.5 only

Published 2019-05-20. Last modified 2026-06-17.