Mattermost up to 9.11.8/10.3.3/10.4.2 Channel Conversion authorization
| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Mattermost up to 9.11.8/10.3.3/10.4.2. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Channel Conversion Handler. Such manipulation leads to authorization. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2025-27933. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Mattermost up to 9.11.8/10.3.3/10.4.2 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component Channel Conversion Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-863. The product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check. This allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
Mattermost versions 10.4.x <= 10.4.2, 10.3.x <= 10.3.3, 9.11.x <= 9.11.8 fail to fail to enforce channel conversion restrictions, which allows members with permission to convert public channels to private ones to also convert private ones to public
The weakness was presented by mrhashimamin. The advisory is available at mattermost.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-27933 since 03/20/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 233453 (Mattermost Server 9.11.x < 9.11.9 / 10.3.x < 10.3.4 / 10.4.x < 10.4.3 (MMSA-2025-00418)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.
Upgrading to version 9.11.9, 10.3.4, 10.4.3 or 10.5.0 eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (233453). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.
Product
Type
Name
Version
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.7
VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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CNA Base Score: 5.4
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: AuthorizationCWE: CWE-863 / CWE-285 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 233453
Nessus Name: Mattermost Server 9.11.x < 9.11.9 / 10.3.x < 10.3.4 / 10.4.x < 10.4.3 (MMSA-2025-00418)
Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔍
Upgrade: Mattermost 9.11.9/10.3.4/10.4.3/10.5.0
Timeline
03/20/2025 🔍03/21/2025 🔍
03/21/2025 🔍
03/28/2025 🔍
Sources
Advisory: mattermost.comResearcher: mrhashimamin
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2025-27933 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-27933
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-300578
Entry
Created: 03/21/2025 09:59Updated: 03/28/2025 23:01
Changes: 03/21/2025 09:59 (64), 03/28/2025 23:01 (2)
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Cache ID: 216:4CB:103
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