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CVE-2017-18898

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-18898 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Mattermost Server versions prior to 4.2.0, 4.1.1, and 4.0.5. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to send specially crafted posts that can cause a user's web browser to hang, leading to a low availability impact. While the CVSS score is 5.3 (Medium), indicating low attack complexity and no user interaction required, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion 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

5.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.10%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
62.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0110 is in the 40th percentile among its peer group of 23,723 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 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-9589-mq83-f749medium

Mattermost Server is vulnerable to DoS through maliciously crafted posts

May 24, 2022

References

mattermost.com / security-updates
Vendor Advisory