Auth bypass in Mattermost Desktop

CVE-2020-14455

An issue was discovered in Mattermost Desktop App before 4.4.0. Prompting for HTTP Basic Authentication is mishandled, allowing phishing, aka MMSA-2020-0007.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (66.9th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 67th percentile — 66.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2020-14455: held from 0.012 to 0.012.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-14455?
CVE-2020-14455 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mattermost Desktop, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-06-19.
How severe is CVE-2020-14455?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.