What is CVE-2021-32698?

CVE-2021-32698 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elabftw, classified under Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF). CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2021-06-21.

How severe is CVE-2021-32698?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

SSRF in Elabftw

CVE-2021-32698

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.

Vulnerability class: SSRF (Server-Side Request Forgery)

Published 2021-06-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (59.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 59th percentile — 59.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Elabftw — versions < 4.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-918 — Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

References

github.com/elabftw/elabftw/security/advisories/GHSA-mh6g-62p8-26m4 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/elabftw/elabftw/commit/3d2db4d3ad90b0915f29f05aeba41eaaf6a7c726 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-32698?: CVE-2021-32698 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elabftw, classified under Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF). CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2021-06-21.
How severe is CVE-2021-32698?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.