Mattermost <8.1.9 Permalink Sanitization Bypass via Plugin Update
CVE-2024-1952 Published on February 29, 2024
Mattermost version 8.1.x before 8.1.9 fails to sanitize data associated with permalinks when a plugin updates an ephemeral post, allowing an authenticated attacker who can control the ephemeral post update to access individual posts' contents in channels they are not a member of.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2024-1952 is exploitable with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a small impact on confidentiality, a small impact on integrity and availability.
Weakness Type
What is an Information Disclosure Vulnerability?
The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.
CVE-2024-1952 has been classified to as an Information Disclosure vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2024-1952
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Affected Versions
Mattermost:- Version 8.1.0, <= 8.1.8 is affected.
- Version 9.4 is unaffected.
- Version 8.1.9 is unaffected.
Exploit Probability
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