Medium severity · published Aug 11, 2023
CVE-2023-4107
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…
6.5
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 43% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MA
Mattermost · Mattermost
7.8.0 before 7.8.8; 7.9.0 before 7.9.6; 7.10.0 before 7.10.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4107
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4107
Vendor Advisory
https://mattermost.com/security-updates
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