{"id":"CVE-2025-53971","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2025-53971","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T09:26:55.075Z","title":"Mattermost versions 10.5.x <= 10.5.8, 9.11.x <= 9.11.17 fail to properly validate authorization for team scheme role modifications which allows Team Admins to demote Team Members to Guests via the PUT /api/v4/teams/team-id/members/user-id/schemeRoles…","description":"Mattermost versions 10.5.x <= 10.5.8, 9.11.x <= 9.11.17 fail to properly validate authorization for team scheme role modifications which allows Team Admins to demote Team Members to Guests via the PUT /api/v4/teams/team-id/members/user-id/schemeRoles API endpoint.","published":"2025-08-21T08:15:31.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T09:39:13.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"responsibledisclosure@mattermost.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":3.8,"severity":"LOW","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-863"],"affected":["mattermost/mattermost server"],"epss":{"score":0.00203,"percentile":0.10172,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.20%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://mattermost.com/security-updates","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"responsibledisclosure@mattermost.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-53971","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}