Vulnerability · Published May 29, 2023 · Assigned by Mattermost

CVE-2023-2808Lack of URL normalization allows rendering previews for disallowed domains

Medium 4.3

In plain English

A medium-severity improper input validation in Mattermost from Mattermost. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 35% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 64.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Mattermost fails to normalize UTF confusable characters when determining if a preview should be generated for a hyperlink, allowing an attacker to trigger link preview on a disallowed domain using a specially crafted link.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Mattermost Mattermost 0 – before 7.1.90 – before 7.8.40 – before 7.9.3

Weakness: CWE-20 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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