{"id":"CVE-2021-46398","aliases":["GHSA-72wf-hwcq-65h9","GO-2022-0563"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2021-46398","summary":"Cross-Site Request Forgery in Filebrowser","details":"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.","published":"2022-02-04T16:15:07.907Z","modified":"2026-08-07T17:28:12.368310Z","cvss":{"score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"epss":null,"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":7,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/v2","fixedVersion":"2.18.0"}],"fix":{"url":"https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/commit/74b7cd8e81840537a8206317344f118093153e8d","label":"filebrowser/filebrowser@74b7cd8"},"references":[{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/commit/74b7cd8e81840537a8206317344f118093153e8d"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165885/FileBrowser-2.17.2-Code-Execution-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.html"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://febin0x4e4a.blogspot.com/2022/01/critical-csrf-in-filebrowser.html"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://febin0x4e4a.wordpress.com/2022/01/19/critical-csrf-in-filebrowser/"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://febinj.medium.com/critical-csrf-to-rce-in-filebrowser-865a3c34b8e7"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://systemweakness.com/critical-csrf-to-rce-in-filebrowser-865a3c34b8e7"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-08-07T17:28:12.368310Z"}}