Mattermost Mobile <=2.16.0 MathJax State Rce (CVE-2024-32945)
CVE-2024-32945 Published on July 15, 2024
LaTeX post content manipulation via renderer state leak across contexts
Mattermost Mobile Apps versions <=2.16.0 fail to protect against abuse of a globally shared MathJax state which allows an attacker to change the contents of a LateX post, by creating another post with specific macro definitions.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2024-32945 can be exploited with network access, requires user interaction and a 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 no impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity, and no impact on availability.
Weakness Type
Missing Initialization of Resource
The software does not initialize a critical resource. Many resources require initialization before they can be properly used. If a resource is not initialized, it could contain unpredictable or expired data, or it could be initialized to defaults that are invalid. This can have security implications when the resource is expected to have certain properties or values.
Products Associated with CVE-2024-32945
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Affected Versions
Mattermost:- Before and including 2.16.0 is affected.
- Version 2.17.0 is unaffected.
- Before and including 2.16.0 is affected.
- Version 2.17.0 is unaffected.
Exploit Probability
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