CVE-2022-1002
HTML Injection while inviting Guests
Mattermost 6.3.0 and earlier fails to properly sanitize the HTML content in the email invitation sent to guest users, which allows registered users with special permissions to invite guest users to inject unescaped HTML content in the email invitations.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
HTML Injection while inviting Guests
Mattermost 6.3.0 and earlier fails to properly sanitize the HTML content in the email invitation sent to guest users, which allows registered users with special permissions to invite guest users to inject unescaped HTML content in the email invitations.
- Record
CVE-2022-1002- CVSS 3.1
- 2.0 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-80
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-24352
Mattermost 6.3.0 and earlier fails to properly sanitize the HTML content in the email invitation sent to guest users, which allows registered users with special permissions to invite guest users to inject unescaped HTML content in the email invitations.
- Record
EUVD-2022-24352- CVSS 3.1
- 2.0 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wmx6-cwpq-6j42
Mattermost 6.3.0 and earlier fails to properly sanitize the HTML content in the email invitation...
Mattermost 6.3.0 and earlier fails to properly sanitize the HTML content in the email invitation sent to guest users, which allows registered users with special permissions to invite guest users to inject unescaped HTML content in the email invitations.
- Record
GHSA-wmx6-cwpq-6j42- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Mattermost 6.3.0 and earlier fails to properly sanitize the HTML content in the email invitation sent to guest users, which allows registered users with special permissions to invite guest users to inject unescaped HTML content in the email invitations.
- Record
CVE-2022-1002- CVSS 3.1
- 2.0 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 3.5 Low
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-80, CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
HTML Injection while inviting Guests
Mattermost 6.3.0 and earlier fails to properly sanitize the HTML content in the email invitation sent to guest users, which allows registered users with special permissions to invite guest users to inject unescaped HTML content in the email invitations.
- Record
CVE-2022-1002- CVSS 3.1
- 2.0 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-80
- 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-2022-1002 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 2.0) in Mattermost, published March 18, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.65%, the 51st percentile. No source names a fixed version.