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Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel

CVE-2024-52586

Medium
5.4/10

Summary

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.

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  • NETWORK
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  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
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  • NONE

CWE-288 - Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel

A product requires authentication, but the product has an alternate path or channel that does not require authentication.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published