CVE-2019-20869 — An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 5

An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 5.10.0, 5.9.1, 5.8.2, and 4.10.9. A non-member could change the Update/Patch Channel endpoint for a private channel.

01What is this vulnerability?

An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 5.10.0, 5.9.1, 5.8.2, and 4.10.9. A non-member could change the Update/Patch Channel endpoint for a private channel.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2020-06-19T15:21:12.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T02:53:09.541Z

09References

• mattermost.com — https://mattermost.com/security-updates/