CVE-2025-6233 (GCVE-0-2025-6233)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-18 09:09 – Updated: 2025-07-18 12:30
VLAI?
Title
Arbitrary file read by system admin via path traversal
Summary
Mattermost versions 10.8.x <= 10.8.1, 10.7.x <= 10.7.3, 10.5.x <= 10.5.7, 9.11.x <= 9.11.16 fail to sanitize input paths of file attachments in the bulk import JSONL file, which allows a system admin to read arbitrary system files via path traversal.
Severity ?
6.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Mattermost Mattermost Affected: 10.8.0 , ≤ 10.8.1 (semver)
Affected: 10.7.0 , ≤ 10.7.3 (semver)
Affected: 10.5.0 , ≤ 10.5.7 (semver)
Affected: 9.11.0 , ≤ 9.11.16 (semver)
Unaffected: 10.9.0
Unaffected: 10.8.2
Unaffected: 10.7.4
Unaffected: 10.5.8
Unaffected: 9.11.17
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Credits
Dawid Kulikowski (daw10)
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