CVE-2017-18908 describes a critical vulnerability in Mattermost Server versions prior to 4.0.0, 3.10.2, and 3.9.2, where password reset requests could be inadvertently sent to an attacker-controlled email address. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), indicating a high-impact vulnerability that can be exploited remotely with low complexity, potentially leading to full compromise of user accounts (Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability). While there is no evidence of active exploitation or publicly available exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, suggesting awareness within the security community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 3.9.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mattermost:mattermost_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 3.10.0, < 3.10.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mattermost:mattermost_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.