Description
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.
Published: 2024-12-09
Score: 5.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-46147 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.
History

Fri, 15 Aug 2025 18:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:elabftw:elabftw:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00056}

epss

{'score': 0.00066}


Tue, 10 Dec 2024 17:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 09 Dec 2024 18:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description 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.
Title eLabFTW MFA bypass
Weaknesses CWE-288
CWE-303
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2024-12-10T16:20:39.487Z

Reserved: 2024-11-14T15:05:46.766Z

Link: CVE-2024-52586

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-12-10T16:20:35.694Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-12-09T19:15:13.707

Modified: 2025-08-15T18:43:27.377

Link: CVE-2024-52586

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-07-12T22:32:01Z

Weaknesses