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Mattermost fails to authenticate the source of certain types of post actions

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Apr 5, 2024 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Apr 5, 2024

Package

gomod github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 (Go)

Affected versions

>= 8.1.0, < 8.1.11
>= 9.5.0, < 9.5.2
>= 9.4.0, < 9.4.4
>= 9.3.0, < 9.3.3

Patched versions

8.1.11
9.5.2
9.4.4
9.3.3

Description

Mattermost versions 8.1.x before 8.1.11, 9.3.x before 9.3.3, 9.4.x before 9.4.4, and 9.5.x before 9.5.2 fail to authenticate the source of certain types of post actions, allowing an authenticated attacker to create posts as other users via a crafted post action.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Apr 5, 2024
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Apr 5, 2024
Reviewed Apr 5, 2024
Last updated Apr 5, 2024

Severity

Moderate
6.5
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

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

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2024-2447

GHSA ID

GHSA-wp43-vprh-c3w5

Source code

mattermost/mattermost
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