CVE-2024-52306: 
PHP vulnerability analysis and mitigation

FileManager, a Backpack admin interface for files and folder management, was found to contain a critical vulnerability (CVE-2024-52306) related to deserialization of untrusted data. The vulnerability was discovered in versions prior to 3.0.9 and affects all versions in the 1.x and 2.x series. The issue was disclosed on November 13, 2024, and involves the mimes parameter which could be exploited to achieve remote code execution (GitHub Advisory).

The vulnerability is classified as a CWE-502 (Deserialization of Untrusted Data) issue. It received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 CRITICAL from NIST (Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) and a score of 7.6 HIGH from GitHub (Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H). The vulnerability specifically involves the deserialization of untrusted data from the mimes parameter, which could be exploited to execute arbitrary code (NVD).

The vulnerability has high severity ratings for confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. If successfully exploited, it could lead to remote code execution on the affected system, potentially allowing attackers to gain unauthorized access, modify data, or disrupt service operations (GitHub Advisory).

The vulnerability has been patched in version 3.0.9 for the 3.x series and version 2.0.2 for the 2.x series. Users are advised to update to these patched versions through a composer update, which will resolve the issue in a non-breaking way (GitHub Advisory).