GHSA-438m-6mhw-hq5w is a medium-severity (CVSS 5.5) CWE-283 vulnerability in mautic/core. O3 Security confirms whether GHSA-438m-6mhw-hq5w is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.
Mautic vulnerable to secret data extraction via elfinder
Real-World Exposure
mautic/core🐘mautic/core🐘mautic/coreReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Packagist packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
Summary
A user with administrator rights can change the configuration of the mautic application and extract secrets that are not normally available.
Impact
An administrator who usually does not have access to certain parameters, such as database credentials, can disclose them.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐘Packagist | mautic/core | ≥ 4.4.0&&< 4.4.17 | 4.4.17 |
| 🐘Packagist | mautic/core | ≥ 5.0.0-alpha&&< 5.2.8 | 5.2.8 |
| 🐘Packagist | mautic/core | ≥ 6.0.0-alpha&&< 6.0.5 | 6.0.5 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for mautic/core. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.
Fix
Update mautic/core to 4.4.17 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-438m-6mhw-hq5w is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 pinpoints whether GHSA-438m-6mhw-hq5w is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.
Tailored to GHSA-438m-6mhw-hq5w. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-438m-6mhw-hq5w in your dependencies?
O3 detects GHSA-438m-6mhw-hq5w across Packagist dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.