CVE-2018-21253
An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 5.1, 5.0.2, and 4.10.2. An attacker could use...
An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 5.1, 5.0.2, and 4.10.2. An attacker could use the invite_people slash command to invite a non-permitted user.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 5.1, 5.0.2, and 4.10.2. An attacker could use the invite_people slash command to invite a non-permitted user.
- Record
CVE-2018-21253- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-732
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 5.1, 5.0.2, and 4.10.2. An attacker could use the invite_people slash command to invite a non-permitted user.
- Record
CVE-2018-21253- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-13768 No score
An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 5.1, 5.0.2, and 4.10.2. An attacker could use the invite_people slash command to invite a non-permitted user.
- Record
EUVD-2018-13768- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4gg5-8vhj-qx5x No score
An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 5.1, 5.0.2, and 4.10.2. An attacker could use...
An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 5.1, 5.0.2, and 4.10.2. An attacker could use the invite_people slash command to invite a non-permitted user.
- Record
GHSA-4gg5-8vhj-qx5x- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 5.1, 5.0.2, and 4.10.2. An attacker could use the invite_people slash command to invite a non-permitted user.
- Record
CVE-2018-21253- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-21253 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Mattermost Server, published June 19, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.58%, the 48th percentile. No source names a fixed version.