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CVE-2017-18888

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-18888 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability affecting Mattermost Server versions prior to 4.3.0, 4.2.1, and 4.1.2. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary SQL commands during the process of fetching multiple posts. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it poses a severe risk, enabling full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, and community discussion is minimal, the vulnerability's ease of exploitation and high impact warrant immediate patching.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.10%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
62.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0110 is in the 48th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media 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.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/mattermost/mattermost-serverFixed in: 4.1.2
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/mattermost/mattermost-serverFixed in: 4.2.1
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/mattermost/mattermost-serverFixed in: 4.3.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

goGHSA-v2vm-hq26-5jv6critical

Mattermost Server is vulnerable to SQL Injection when executing multiple POST requests

May 24, 2022

References

mattermost.com / security-updates
Vendor Advisory