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High VA-25-304-01 3 CVEs

ELOG multiple vulnerabilities

Published Oct 31, 2025 · Updated Oct 31, 2025

Summary

ELOG (the Electronic Logbook package) contains multiple vulnerabilities. Regardless of configuration, low-privileged attackers can modify user profiles, escalate privileges, and deny access to ELOG. If the execute facility is specifically enabled with the "-x" command line flag, attackers could execute OS commands on the host machine.

Vulnerabilities 3

  • High 8.8

    ELOG user profile missing authorization

    ELOG allows an authenticated user to modify another user's profile. An attacker can edit a target user's email address, then request a password reset, and take control of the target account. By default, ELOG is not configured to allow self-registration.

  • High 8.0

    ELOG file upload stored XSS

    ELOG allows an authenticated user to upload arbitrary HTML files. The HTML content is executed in the context of other users when they open the file. Because ELOG includes usernames and password hashes in certain HTTP requests, an attacker can obtain the targ…

  • High 7.1

    ELOG configuration file authorization bypass

    ELOG allows an authenticated user to modify or overwrite the configuration file, resulting in denial of service. If the execute facility is specifically enabled with the "-x" command line flag, attackers could execute OS commands on the host machine. By defau…

Revision history

  1. #1.0.0

    Initial publication