CVE-2017-18908 (GCVE-0-2017-18908)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-06-19 19:16 – Updated: 2024-08-05 21:37
VLAI
Summary
An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 4.0.0, 3.10.2, and 3.9.2. A password-reset request was sometime sent to an attacker-provided e-mail address.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://mattermost.com/security-updates/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
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