CVE-2023-1775

Unsanitized events sent over Websocket to regular users in a High Availability environment

Severity Score

6.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track

*SSVC

Descriptions

When running in a High Availability configuration, Mattermost fails to sanitize some of the user_updated and post_deleted events broadcast to all users, leading to disclosure of sensitive information to some of the users with currently connected Websocket clients.

*Credits: Kyriakos Ziakoulis, Harrison Healey

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-03-31 CVE Reserved
2023-03-31 CVE Published
2024-12-06 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CWE-668: Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

CAPEC

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://mattermost.com/security-updates	2023-11-07

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Mattermost Search vendor "Mattermost"		Mattermost Server Search vendor "Mattermost" for product "Mattermost Server"				< 7.1.6 Search vendor "Mattermost" for product "Mattermost Server" and version " < 7.1.6"		-		Affected
Mattermost Search vendor "Mattermost"		Mattermost Server Search vendor "Mattermost" for product "Mattermost Server"				7.7.1 Search vendor "Mattermost" for product "Mattermost Server" and version "7.7.1"		-		Affected