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CVE-2017-18893

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-18893 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting Mattermost Server versions prior to 4.2.0, 4.1.1, and 4.0.5, where display names can be manipulated to execute malicious scripts. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.1, indicating a network-based attack requiring user interaction, with potential for low impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 4.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mattermost:mattermost_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.1.0, < 4.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mattermost:mattermost_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mattermost:mattermost_server:4.2.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mattermost:mattermost_server:4.2.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mattermost:mattermost_server:4.2.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.1MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.69%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
48.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0069 is in the 54th percentile among its peer group of 26,221 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 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: 4.0.5
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/mattermost/mattermost-serverFixed in: 4.1.1
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/mattermost/mattermost-serverFixed in: 4.2.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

goGHSA-887v-xh2x-47cmmedium

Mattermost Server is vulnerable to XSS through display name field

May 24, 2022

References

mattermost.com / security-updates
Vendor Advisory