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CVE-2023-5159: A User Manager role with user edit permissions could manage/update bots

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 10/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.43% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. Administrator privileges are required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v6 (Go) 7.8.10; github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 (Go) 8.0.2, 8.1.1.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v6 (Go) 7.8.10; github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 (Go) 8.0.2, 8.1.1 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Mattermost fails to properly verify the permissions when managing/updating a bot allowing a User Manager role with user edit permissions to manage/update bots.

LowCVSS 2.7 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Sep 29, 2023
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.4% · 37th percentile

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Action score

10

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
10 / 40 · 2.7 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.4%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
2.7
CNA · Mattermost
3.8
1.1 point gap

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

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
mattermostmattermost

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • mattermost mattermost7.0.0 and later · before 7.8.10
  • mattermost mattermost8.0.0 and later · before 8.1.1

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Mattermost). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Mattermost Mattermost

    • 7.8.10, 8.1.1not affected
    • up to and including 8.7.9affected · semver
    • up to and including 8.1.0affected · semver

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Gogithub.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v6before 7.8.107.8.10
Gogithub.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8from 8.0.0 · before 8.0.28.0.2
Gogithub.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8from 8.1.0 · before 8.1.18.1.1

Same product

mattermost: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2024-39777Malicious remote can invite itself to an arbitrary local channel
    38Monitor
  • CVE-2023-2193Oauth authorization codes do not expire when deauthorizing an oauth2 app
    36Monitor
  • CVE-2019-20851An issue was discovered in Mattermost Mobile Apps before 1.26.0.
    36Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2023-4107Aug 11, 2023 · Incorrect authorization allows a user manager to update a system admin
    26Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2023-4108Aug 11, 2023 · Audit logging fails to sanitize post metadata
    30Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2023-5193Sep 29, 2023 · System Role with manage posts permission can read posts of Direct Messages
    10Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Go:github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v67.8.10Package registry (OSV)
Go:github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v88.0.2Package registry (OSV)
Go:github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v88.1.1Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • Administrator privileges are required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
low · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
none
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
Low
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-863 · Incorrect Authorization

CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.

Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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