CVE-2025-62793 (GCVE-0-2025-62793)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-10-27 21:25
Modified
2025-10-28 15:05
Severity ?
6.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Summary
eLabFTW is an open source electronic lab notebook for research labs. The application served uploaded SVG files inline. Because SVG supports active content, an attacker could upload a crafted SVG that executes script when viewed, resulting in stored XSS under the application origin. A victim who opens the SVG URL or any page embedding it could have their session hijacked, data exfiltrated, or actions performed on their behalf. This vulnerability is fixed n 5.3.0.
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elabftw elabftw Version: < 5.3.0
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