CVE-2022-31178

Improper Authorization in eLabFTW

MEDIUM

4.3

CVSS Score

Published: August 1, 2022 at 07:10 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:44 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorElabftw

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Severity

MEDIUM4.3

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.5%

SSVC

No known exploit

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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Elabftw · Elabftw

95%

v < 4.3.4

Affected range stops below 4.3.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

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

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

4.3MEDIUMGitHub_M

Attack Vector: NETWORK
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: LOW
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: LOW
Integrity: NONE
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-863

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