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CVE-2023-5193GHSA-H8WH-F7GW-FWPR

System Role with manage posts permission can read posts of Direct Messages

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 8.1.1, 8.0.2, 7.8.10
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

Mattermost fails to properly check permissions when retrieving a post allowing for a System Role with the permission to manage channels to read the posts of a DM conversation.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

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

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Mattermost Mattermost

    through 8.0.1; through 7.8.9

  • github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8Go

    From 8.1.0 · fixed in 8.1.1

  • github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8Go

    From 8.0.0 · fixed in 8.0.2

  • github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v6Go

    fixed in 7.8.10

References 1

mattermost.com