Vulnerability · Published Aug 25, 2023 · Assigned by Mattermost

CVE-2023-4478Parameter tampering in the registration resulting in blocked accounts to be created

Medium 4.3

In plain English

A medium-severity injection 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 0.5% (higher than 43% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 56.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Mattermost fails to restrict which parameters' values it takes from the request during signup allowing an attacker to register users as inactive, thus blocking them from later accessing Mattermost without the system admin activating their accounts.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Mattermost Mattermost 0 – through 7.8.80 – through 7.10.48.0.0

Weakness: CWE-74 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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