High severity · published Jun 19, 2020
CVE-2019-20881
An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 5.8.0
7.3
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 5.8.0. It mishandles brute-force attacks against MFA.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 57% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MS
Mattermost Server · Mattermost
before 5.8.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-20881
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-20881
Vendor Advisory
https://mattermost.com/security-updates/
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