What is CVE-2023-2515?

CVE-2023-2515 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mattermost, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2023-05-12.

How severe is CVE-2023-2515?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Mattermost

CVE-2023-2515

Mattermost fails to restrict a user with permissions to edit other users and to create personal access tokens from elevating their privileges to system admin

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.005 (38.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Mattermost — versions 0, 7.1.8, 7.7.4
Mattermost Mattermost_server

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-863 — Incorrect Authorization

References

responsibledisclosure@mattermost.com (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-2515?: CVE-2023-2515 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mattermost, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2023-05-12.
How severe is CVE-2023-2515?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.