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CVE-2021-41171 Detail

Description

eLabFTW is an open source electronic lab notebook manager for research teams. In versions of eLabFTW before 4.1.0, it allows attackers to bypass a brute-force protection mechanism by using many different forged PHPSESSID values in HTTP Cookie header. This issue has been addressed by implementing brute force login protection, as recommended by Owasp with Device Cookies. This mechanism will not impact users and will effectively thwart any brute-force attempts at guessing passwords. The only correct way to address this is to upgrade to version 4.1.0. Adding rate limitation upstream of the eLabFTW service is of course a valid option, with or without upgrading.


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Hyperlink Resource
https://github.com/elabftw/elabftw/commit/8e92afeec4c3a68dc88333881b7e6307f425706b Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/elabftw/elabftw/releases/tag/4.1.0 Release Notes  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/elabftw/elabftw/security/advisories/GHSA-q67h-5pc3-g6jv Third Party Advisory 
https://owasp.org/www-community/Slow_Down_Online_Guessing_Attacks_with_Device_Cookies Third Party Advisory 
https://www.exploit-db.com/docs/50436 Exploit  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-307 Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts GitHub, Inc.  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2021-41171
NVD Published Date:
10/22/2021
NVD Last Modified:
10/28/2021
Source:
GitHub, Inc.