CVE-2022-31178 (GCVE-0-2022-31178)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-08-01 19:10 – Updated: 2025-04-23 17:56
VLAI
Title
Improper Authorization in eLabFTW
Summary
eLabFTW is an electronic lab notebook manager for research teams. A vulnerability was discovered which allows a logged in user to read a template without being authorized to do so. This vulnerability has been patched in 4.3.4. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
elabftw elabftw Affected: < 4.3.4
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