CVE-2022-31178
Improper Authorization in eLabFTW
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Improper Authorization in eLabFTW
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.
- Record
CVE-2022-31178- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-863
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-52778
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.
- Record
EUVD-2022-52778- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
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.
- Record
CVE-2022-31178- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-863
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Improper Authorization in eLabFTW
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.
- Record
CVE-2022-31178- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-863
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-31178 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Elabftw, published August 1, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.50%, the 43rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.