CVE-2024-23832 is a critical vulnerability affecting Mastodon, an open-source social network server, specifically versions prior to 3.5.17, 4.0.13, 4.1.13, and 4.2.5. This flaw, categorized as insufficient origin validation (CWE-290), allows attackers to impersonate and take over any remote Mastodon account. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity and no user interaction, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating high awareness.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 3.5.17CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:joinmastodon:mastodon:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 4.0.0, < 4.0.13CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:joinmastodon:mastodon:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 4.1.0, < 4.1.13CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:joinmastodon:mastodon:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 4.2.0, < 4.2.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:joinmastodon:mastodon:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.