CVE-2021-41171 affects eLabFTW versions prior to 4.1.0, allowing attackers to bypass brute-force protection by manipulating PHPSESSID values. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion has been observed, upgrading to version 4.1.0 or implementing upstream rate limiting is crucial to mitigate this risk.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 4.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:elabftw:elabftw:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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