CVE-2023-2281
Archiving a team broadcasts unsanitized data over WebSockets
When archiving a team, Mattermost fails to sanitize the related Websocket event sent to currently connected clients. This allows the clients to see the name, display name, description, and other data about the archived team.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Archiving a team broadcasts unsanitized data over WebSockets
When archiving a team, Mattermost fails to sanitize the related Websocket event sent to currently connected clients. This allows the clients to see the name, display name, description, and other data about the archived team.
- Record
CVE-2023-2281- CVSS 3.1
- 3.1 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-33787
When archiving a team, Mattermost fails to sanitize the related Websocket event sent to currently connected clients. This allows the clients to see the name, display name, description, and other data about the archived team.
- Record
EUVD-2023-33787- CVSS 3.1
- 3.1 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7qh6-7gxc-2q62
When archiving a team, Mattermost fails to sanitize the related Websocket event sent to currently...
When archiving a team, Mattermost fails to sanitize the related Websocket event sent to currently connected clients. This allows the clients to see the name, display name, description, and other data about the archived team.
- Record
GHSA-7qh6-7gxc-2q62- CVSS 3.1
- 3.1 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
When archiving a team, Mattermost fails to sanitize the related Websocket event sent to currently connected clients. This allows the clients to see the name, display name, description, and other data about the archived team.
- Record
CVE-2023-2281- CVSS 3.1
- 3.1 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Archiving a team broadcasts unsanitized data over WebSockets
When archiving a team, Mattermost fails to sanitize the related Websocket event sent to currently connected clients. This allows the clients to see the name, display name, description, and other data about the archived team.
- Record
CVE-2023-2281- CVSS 3.1
- 3.1 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVBIT-mattermost-2023-2281 No score
When archiving a team, Mattermost fails to sanitize the related Websocket event sent to currently connected clients. This allows the clients to see the name, display name, description, and other data about the archived team.
- Record
BIT-mattermost-2023-2281- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
mattermostBitnami |
before 7.9.0 | 7.9.0 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-2281 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 3.1) in Mattermost, published April 25, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.47%, the 41st percentile. Fixed in mattermost 7.9.0.