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Mattermost Missing Authentication for Critical Function

Low severity GitHub Reviewed Published Apr 16, 2025 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Apr 23, 2025

Package

gomod github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 (Go)

Affected versions

>= 10.5.0, < 10.5.2
>= 9.11.0, < 9.11.10
< 8.0.0-20250314142426-c049748b8863

Patched versions

10.5.2
9.11.10
8.0.0-20250314142426-c049748b8863

Description

Mattermost versions 10.5.x <= 10.5.1, 9.11.x <= 9.11.9 fail to enforce MFA checks in PUT /api/v4/users/user-id/mfa when the requesting user differs from the target user ID, which allows users with edit_other_users permission to activate or deactivate MFA for other users, even if those users have not set up MFA.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Apr 16, 2025
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Apr 16, 2025
Reviewed Apr 16, 2025
Last updated Apr 23, 2025

Severity

Low

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(8th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2025-27538

GHSA ID

GHSA-j5jw-m2ph-3jjf

Source code

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