CVE-2021-43833

Account takeover in eLabFTW

Published Dec 15, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 8.1 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
eLabFTW is an electronic lab notebook manager for research teams. In versions prior to 4.2.0 there is a vulnerability which allows any authenticated user to gain access to arbitrary accounts by setting a specially crafted email address. This vulnerability impacts all instances that have not set an explicit email domain name allowlist. Note that whereas neither administrators nor targeted users are notified of a change, an attacker will need to control an account. The default settings require administrators to validate newly created accounts. The problem has been patched. Users should upgrade to at least version 4.2.0. For users unable to upgrade enabling an email domain allow list (from Sysconfig panel, Security tab) will completely resolve the issue.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-30712 eLabFTW is an electronic lab notebook manager for research teams. In versions prior to 4.2.0 there is a vulnerability which allows any authenticated user to gain access to arbitrary accounts by setting a specially crafted email address. This vulnerability impacts all instances that have not set an explicit email domain name allowlist. Note that whereas neither administrators nor targeted users are notified of a change, an attacker will need to control an account. The default settings require administrators to validate newly created accounts. The problem has been patched. Users should upgrade to at least version 4.2.0. For users unable to upgrade enabling an email domain allow list (from Sysconfig panel, Security tab) will completely resolve the issue.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 4:10 AM
Reserved
Nov 16, 2021, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 16, 2021, 12:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 4:11 AM