Medium severity · published Sep 29, 2023
CVE-2023-5194
A system/user manager can demote / deactivate another manager
4.3
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Mattermost fails to properly validate permissions when demoting and deactivating a user allowing for a system/user manager to demote / deactivate another manager
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 34% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MA
Mattermost · Mattermost
through 8.1.0; through 7.8.9 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5194
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5194
Vendor Advisory
https://mattermost.com/security-updates
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