Attackers Can Bypass eLabFTW's MFA in Prior Versions
CVE-2024-52586

7.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

eLabFTW

Status
Elabftw
Vendor
CVE Published:
9 December 2024

What is CVE-2024-52586?

A significant vulnerability has been identified in eLabFTW, an open source electronic lab notebook designed for research labs. This issue affects versions 4.6.0 through 5.1.0, allowing unauthorized users to bypass the essential multifactor authentication (MFA) protection, provided they can authenticate locally by guessing or knowing a user's password. This flaw does not interfere with MFA methods that are conducted through single sign-on services. Users are strongly encouraged to update to at least version 5.1.9, where this security vulnerability is fixed.

References

https://github.com/elabftw/elabftw/security/advisories/GH...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

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