eLabFTW up to 5.1.4 experiments.php cross site scripting

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in eLabFTW up to 5.1.4. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file experiments.php. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-47826. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in eLabFTW up to 5.1.4 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file experiments.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

eLabFTW is an open source electronic lab notebook for research labs. A vulnerability in versions prior to 5.1.5 allows an attacker to inject arbitrary HTML tags in the pages: "experiments.php" (show mode), "database.php" (show mode) or "search.php". It works by providing HTML code in the extended search string, which will then be displayed back to the user in the error message. This means that injected HTML will appear in a red "alert/danger" box, and be part of an error message. Due to some other security measures, it is not possible to execute arbitrary javascript from this attack. As such, this attack is deemed low impact. Users should upgrade to at least version 5.1.5 to receive a patch. No known workarounds are available.

The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-47826 since 10/03/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

By approaching the search of inurl:experiments.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version 5.1.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• eLabFTW

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• 5.1.0
• 5.1.1
• 5.1.2
• 5.1.3
• 5.1.4

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• Product: https://github.com/elabftw/elabftw/

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