CVE-2021-43833

HIGH

elabftw < 4.2.0 - Authenticated Account Takeover via Crafted Email Address

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

eLabFTW is an electronic lab notebook manager for research teams. In versions prior to 4.2.0 there is a vulnerability which allows any authenticated user to gain access to arbitrary accounts by setting a specially crafted email address. This vulnerability impacts all instances that have not set an explicit email domain name allowlist. Note that whereas neither administrators nor targeted users are notified of a change, an attacker will need to control an account. The default settings require administrators to validate newly created accounts. The problem has been patched. Users should upgrade to at least version 4.2.0. For users unable to upgrade enabling an email domain allow list (from Sysconfig panel, Security tab) will completely resolve the issue.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Release Notes, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/elabftw/elabftw/releases/tag/4.2.0

Scores

CVSS v3 8.1
EPSS 0.0081
EPSS Percentile 52.3%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-287
Status published
Products (1)
elabftw/elabftw < 4.2.0
Published Dec 16, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026