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Mattermost does not validate requesting user permissions before updating admin details

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Aug 11, 2023 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Nov 9, 2023

Package

gomod github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v6 (Go)

Affected versions

<= 7.8.7
>= 7.9.0, <= 7.9.5
>= 7.10.0, <= 7.10.3

Patched versions

7.8.8
7.9.6
7.10.4

Description

Mattermost fails to properly validate the requesting user permissions when updating a system admin, allowing a user manager to update a system admin's details such as email, first name and last name.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Aug 11, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Aug 11, 2023
Reviewed Aug 11, 2023
Last updated Nov 9, 2023

Severity

Moderate
6.7
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2023-4107

GHSA ID

GHSA-6xjj-v76v-fwpj

Source code

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