Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2022-31178 affects eLabFTW, an electronic lab notebook platform. A logged-in user could read a template they were not authorized to view. The issue is confidentiality-only and was fixed in eLabFTW 4.3.4. Organizations using older versions should upgrade because templates may contain sensitive research structure or internal process information.
Executive priority
Treat this as a moderate-priority confidentiality fix. It does not indicate system takeover, but it can expose restricted lab template information to authenticated users. Upgrade during the next normal security maintenance window, sooner for shared or externally reachable deployments.
Technical view
The vulnerability is improper authorization (CWE-863) in eLabFTW versions before 4.3.4. It is network-reachable, requires a low-privileged authenticated user, needs no user interaction, and has CVSS 3.1 score 4.3 with low confidentiality impact only.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to organizations running eLabFTW before 4.3.4 where untrusted or lower-privileged users have accounts. Public internet exposure increases reach, but exploitation still requires authentication according to the CVSS vector.
Exploitation context
The provided sources do not report active exploitation, and the CVE is not marked as KEV. Evidence supports an authenticated unauthorized-read issue, not unauthenticated compromise, integrity impact, or availability impact.
Researcher notes
The available evidence is narrow and vendor-centered: affected product, version range, authorization weakness, CVSS vector, patch version, and no workaround. No source in the bundle confirms exploit availability, active exploitation, or broader impact beyond unauthorized template reads.
Mitigation direction
- Upgrade eLabFTW to version 4.3.4 or later.
- Prioritize instances with broad user access or internet exposure.
- Review vendor advisory for any later guidance.
- Do not rely on workarounds; sources state none are known.
Validation and detection
- Inventory all eLabFTW instances and record deployed versions.
- Confirm no production instance runs a version before 4.3.4.
- Review template access roles for unnecessary broad permissions.
- Check logs for unusual template access by low-privileged users.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 4.3 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N2.81.4Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
4.3MediumVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://github.com/elabftw/elabftw/security/advisories/GHSA-63qq-hw97-8q7xCVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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