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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-21251

Authorization could be bypassed if the channel name were not the same in the params and the body.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 1.20%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.20%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 5.2 and 5.1.1. Authorization could be bypassed if the channel name were not the same in the params and the body.

CVSS 3.1
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
1.20% probability · 66th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-862
Affected
mattermost/mattermost server
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.