eLabFTW HTML / CSS Injection via Malicious SVG Upload Leads to Credential Theft / Clickjacking

Description

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.26% · top 82% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.

Weakness

• CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-79 and its CVEs

Affected products

• elabftw · elabftw

  • affected < 5.3.0

References (2)

• https://github.com/elabftw/elabftw/security/advisories/GHSA-rq98-8jh9-684f (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRM
• https://github.com/elabftw/elabftw/commit/09b95e38f82f041edac0dd6962c70499e2d8d8e2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2025-62793](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2025-62793.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2025-62793)

Record last updated 28 Oct 2025, 15:05 UTC.