# CVE-2024-45408: eLabFTW contains a direct and indirect information disclosure

> Authenticated users can access restricted information due to incorrect permission checks, exposing sensitive data in eLabFTW.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2c83-6j74-w8r5

## What is CVE-2024-45408?

CVE-2024-45408 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in elabftw, published on 1 Oct 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

eLabFTW is an open source electronic lab notebook for research labs. An incorrect permission check has been found that could allow an authenticated user to access several kinds of otherwise restricted information. If anonymous access is allowed (something disabled by default), this extends to anyone. Users are advised to upgrade to at least version 5.1.0.  System administrators can disable anonymous access in the System configuration panel.

Weakness: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-45408?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Elabftw Elabftw.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-45408?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-45408 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-45408 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-45408 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in elabftw

- [CVE-2021-43834](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-43834/): Incorrect Authentication in elabftw (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2024-28100](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-28100/): Stored Cross-site Scripting leading to arbitrary actions taken on behalf of users in elabftw (high 8.9)
- [CVE-2019-12185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-12185/): File upload in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-25632](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-25632/): Unauthorised granting of administrator privileges over arbitrary teams under certain circumstances (high 8.6)
- [CVE-2025-25206](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-25206/): Incorrect input validation could allow an authenticated user to read sensitive information (high 8.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-45408 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-45408 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in elabftw, published on 1 Oct 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-45408 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: elabftw. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45408/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45408/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-45408
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45408
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-45408

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45408/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.