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CVE-2025-20033: DoS via custom post type for sysconsole plugin readers

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 26/100)

  • 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: 0.61% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server (Go) 10.0.4+incompatible, 10.1.4+incompatible, 10.2.1+incompatible; github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 (Go) 10.0.4, 10.1.4, 10.2.1; govulncheck-vulndb (openSUSE:Leap 15.6) 0.0.20250128T150132-150000.1.29.1.
  • Severity is disputed: the assigning authority (CNA) scores it 4.3, NVD 6.5.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server (Go) 10.0.4+incompatible, 10.1.4+incompatible, 10.2.1+incompatible; github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 (Go) 10.0.4, 10.1.4, 10.2.1; govulncheck-vulndb (openSUSE:Leap 15.6) 0.0.20250128T150132-150000.1.29.1 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 versions 10.2.0, 9.11.x <= 9.11.5, 10.0.x <= 10.0.3, 10.1.x <= 10.1.3 fail to properly validate post types, which allows attackers to deny service to users with the sysconsole_read_plugins permission via creating a post with the custom_pl_notification type and specific props.

MediumCVSS 6.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Jan 9, 2025
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.6% · 49th percentile

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Action score

26

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
26 / 40 · 6.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.6%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
6.5
CNA · Mattermost
4.3
2.2 point gap

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

Affected versions

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

  • mattermost mattermost server9.11.0 and later · before 9.11.6
  • mattermost mattermost server10.0.0 and later · before 10.0.4
  • mattermost mattermost server10.1.0 and later · before 10.1.4
  • mattermost mattermost server10.2.0 and later · before 10.2.1

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

    • 10.3.0, 10.2.1, 9.11.6, 10.0.4, 10.1.4not affected
    • 10.2.0affected
    • 9.11.0 and later · up to and including 9.11.5affected · semver
    • 10.0.0 and later · up to and including 10.0.3affected · semver
    • 10.1.0 and later · up to and including 10.1.3affected · semver

Package-level exposure

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

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Gogithub.com/mattermost/mattermost-serverfrom 10.0.0+incompatible · before 10.0.4+incompatible10.0.4+incompatible
Gogithub.com/mattermost/mattermost-serverfrom 10.1.0+incompatible · before 10.1.4+incompatible10.1.4+incompatible
Gogithub.com/mattermost/mattermost-serverfrom 10.2.0+incompatible · before 10.2.1+incompatible10.2.1+incompatible
Gogithub.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v5from 0—
Gogithub.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v6from 0—
Gogithub.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8from 10.0.0 · before 10.0.410.0.4
Gogithub.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8from 10.1.0 · before 10.1.410.1.4
Gogithub.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8from 10.2.0 · before 10.2.110.2.1
Gogithub.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8from 9.11.0 · before 9.11.169.11.16
Gogithub.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8before 8.0.0-20250102081831-64c566a8280b8.0.0-20250102081831-64c566a8280b
openSUSE:Leap 15.6govulncheck-vulndbbefore 0.0.20250128T150132-150000.1.29.10.0.20250128T150132-150000.1.29.1
openSUSE:Tumbleweedgovulncheck-vulndbbefore 0.0.20250109T194159-1.10.0.20250109T194159-1.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP6govulncheck-vulndbbefore 0.0.20250128T150132-150000.1.29.10.0.20250128T150132-150000.1.29.1

Same product

mattermost: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2026-4858Path traversal in integration action URL leading to arbitrary API execution via system admin’s auth token.
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2025-12421Account Takeover via Code Exchange Endpoint
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2025-12419Account takeover on OAuth/OpenID-enabled servers
    39Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-54083Dec 16, 2024 · DoS via lack of type validation in Calls
    26Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-54682Dec 16, 2024 · Zipbomb DoS via Missing Slack Import Validation
    19Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2025-22445Jan 9, 2025 · Misleading UI for undefined admin console settings in Calls causes security confusion
    21Monitor

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-server10.0.4+incompatiblePackage registry (OSV)
Go:github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server10.1.4+incompatiblePackage registry (OSV)
Go:github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server10.2.1+incompatiblePackage registry (OSV)
Go:github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v810.0.4Package registry (OSV)
Go:github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v810.1.4Package registry (OSV)
Go:github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v810.2.1Package registry (OSV)
Go:github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v88.0.0-20250102081831-64c566a8280bPackage registry (OSV)
Go:github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v89.11.16Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:govulncheck-vulndb0.0.20250128T150132-150000.1.29.1 · openSUSE:Leap 15.6Package registry (OSV)
suse:govulncheck-vulndb0.0.20250128T150132-150000.1.29.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP6Package 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.

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

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.

  • CVE-2026-2454431 days apartDoS in Calls plugin via malformed msgpack in websocket request.
    34Monitor
  • CVE-2025-206217 days apartWebapp crash via object that can't be cast to String in Attachment Field
    30Monitor
  • CVE-2025-41395105 days apartWebapp DoS via malicious retrospective post in Playbooks
    30Monitor
  • CVE-2025-200866 days apartInsufficient Input Validation on Post Props
    26Monitor
  • CVE-2025-200886 days apartInsufficient Input Validation on Post Props
    26Monitor
  • CVE-2024-5408324 days apartDoS via lack of type validation in Calls
    26Monitor

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.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-1287 · Improper Validation of Specified Type of Input

CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Attack context

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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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