Vulnerabilities > CVE-2023-5194 - Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in Mattermost

CVSS 4.3 - MEDIUM

Attack vector

NETWORK

Attack complexity

LOW

Privileges required

LOW

Confidentiality impact

NONE

Integrity impact

LOW

Availability impact

NONE

network

low complexity

mattermost

CWE-863

NVD

Published: 2023-09-29

Updated: 2023-10-03

Summary

Mattermost fails to properly validate permissions when demoting and deactivating a user allowing for a system/user manager to demote / deactivate another manager

Vulnerable Configurations

Part	Description	Count
Application	Mattermost Mattermost Mattermost 7.0.0 Mattermost Mattermost 7.0.1 Mattermost Mattermost 7.0.2 Mattermost Mattermost 7.1.0 Mattermost Mattermost 7.1.1 Mattermost Mattermost 7.1.2 Mattermost Mattermost 7.1.3 Mattermost Mattermost 7.1.4 Mattermost Mattermost 7.1.5 Mattermost Mattermost 7.1.6 Mattermost Mattermost 7.1.7 Mattermost Mattermost 7.1.8 Mattermost Mattermost 7.1.9 Mattermost Mattermost 7.2.0 Mattermost Mattermost 7.2.1 Mattermost Mattermost 7.3.0 Mattermost Mattermost 7.3.1 Mattermost Mattermost 7.4.0 Mattermost Mattermost 7.4.1 Mattermost Mattermost 7.5.0 Mattermost Mattermost 7.5.1 Mattermost Mattermost 7.5.2 Mattermost Mattermost 7.7.0 Mattermost Mattermost 7.7.1 Mattermost Mattermost 7.7.2 Mattermost Mattermost 7.7.3 Mattermost Mattermost 7.7.4 Mattermost Mattermost 7.8.0 Mattermost Mattermost 7.8.1 Mattermost Mattermost 7.8.2 Mattermost Mattermost 7.8.3 Mattermost Mattermost 7.8.4 Mattermost Mattermost 7.8.5 Mattermost Mattermost 7.8.6 Mattermost Mattermost 7.8.7 Mattermost Mattermost 7.8.8 Mattermost Mattermost 7.8.9 Mattermost Mattermost 8.0.0 Mattermost Mattermost 8.0.1 Mattermost Mattermost 8.1.0	40

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization

References

https://mattermost.com/security-updates