CVE-2017-18885 is a critical privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Mattermost Server versions prior to 4.3.0, 4.2.1, and 4.1.2. It allows unauthenticated attackers to gain elevated privileges by accessing unauthorized API endpoints on a user's behalf. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no public exploit code available, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, indicating no known active exploitation. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 4.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mattermost:mattermost_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 4.2.0, < 4.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mattermost:mattermost_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mattermost:mattermost_server:4.3.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mattermost:mattermost_server:4.3.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mattermost:mattermost_server:4.3.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.