CVE-2021-32698: Blind Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in eLabFTW

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2021-06-21 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-918

Description

eLabFTW is an open source electronic lab notebook for research labs. This vulnerability allows an attacker to make GET requests on behalf of the server. It is "blind" because the attacker cannot see the result of the request. Issue has been patched in eLabFTW 4.0.0.

Affected products

elabftw: before 4.0.0 — fixed in 4.0.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: elabftw 4.0.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/elabftw/elabftw/commit/3d2db4d3ad90b0915f29f05aeba41eaaf6a7c726
https://github.com/elabftw/elabftw/security/advisories/GHSA-mh6g-62p8-26m4
https://github.com/elabftw/elabftw/commit/3d2db4d3ad90b0915f29f05aeba41eaaf6a7c726
https://github.com/elabftw/elabftw/security/advisories/GHSA-mh6g-62p8-26m4

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