Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-0896 - Missing Authorization vulnerability in Zulip Server

CVSS 6.5 - MEDIUM

Attack vector

NETWORK

Attack complexity

LOW

Privileges required

LOW

Confidentiality impact

NONE

Integrity impact

HIGH

Availability impact

NONE

network

low complexity

zulip

CWE-862

NVD

Published: 2017-06-02

Updated: 2023-11-07

Summary

Zulip Server 1.5.1 and below suffer from an error in the implementation of the invite_by_admins_only setting in the Zulip group chat application server that allowed an authenticated user to invite other users to join a Zulip organization even if the organization was configured to prevent this.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part	Description	Count
Application	Zulip Zulip Zulip Server 1.3.11 Zulip Zulip Server 1.3.2 Zulip Zulip Server 1.3.8 Zulip Zulip Server 1.3.1 Zulip Zulip Server 1.4.0 Zulip Zulip Server 1.3.3 Zulip Zulip Server 1.3.12 Zulip Zulip Server 1.3.10 Zulip Zulip Server 1.3.6 Zulip Zulip Server 1.4.2 Zulip Zulip Server 1.3.7 Zulip Zulip Server 1.5.1 Zulip Zulip Server 1.4.3 Zulip Zulip Server 1.3.0 Zulip Zulip Server 1.3.4 Zulip Zulip Server 1.5.0 Zulip Zulip Server 1.3.13 Zulip Zulip Server 1.4.1 Zulip Zulip Server 1.3.9	19

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-862 - Missing Authorization

Summary

Vulnerable Configurations

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

References