CVE-2022-31178: Improper Authorization in eLabFTW

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-08-01 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-863

Description

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.

Affected products

elabftw: before 4.3.4 — fixed in 4.3.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: elabftw 4.3.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/elabftw/elabftw/security/advisories/GHSA-63qq-hw97-8q7x
https://github.com/elabftw/elabftw/security/advisories/GHSA-63qq-hw97-8q7x

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