CVE-2023-2788mediumCWE-862

CVE-2023-2788: medium-severity vulnerability in Mattermost

Deactivated user can retain access using oauth2 api

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13Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackcvss 6.2epss 0.5%
Mattermost fails to check if an admin user account active after an oauth2 flow is started, allowing an attacker with admin privileges to retain persistent access to Mattermost by obtaining an oauth2 access token while the attacker's account is deactivated.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
Affected products
Mattermost · Mattermost
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