Vulnerability in Elabftw

CVE-2024-52586

eLabFTW is an open source electronic lab notebook for research labs. A vulnerability has been found starting in version 4.6.0 and prior to version 5.1.0 that allows an attacker to bypass eLabFTW's built-in multifactor authentication mechanism. An attacker who can authenticate locally (by knowing or guessing the password of a user) can thus log in regardless of MFA requirements. This does not affect MFA that are performed by single sign-on services. Users are advised to upgrade to at least version 5.1.9 to receive a fix.

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (10.3th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 10th percentile — 10.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2024-52586: held from 0.002 to 0.002.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: -0.000

Affected products

  • Elabftw — versions >= 4.6.0, < 5.1.9

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-52586?
CVE-2024-52586 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elabftw, classified under Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2024-12-09.
How severe is CVE-2024-52586?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.