# CVE-2023-2000: Unrestricted navigation due to unvalidated mattermost server redirection

> Attackers can redirect users to arbitrary websites via unvalidated server redirection in the Mattermost Desktop App.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 May 2023
- **Updated:** 6 Dec 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-c2w9-hhfq-2xq9

## What is CVE-2023-2000?

CVE-2023-2000 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mattermost, published on 2 May 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Mattermost Desktop App fails to validate a mattermost server redirection and navigates to an arbitrary website

Weakness: CWE-601 (URL Redirection to Untrusted Site)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-2000?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Mattermost Mattermost Desktop.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-2000?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-2000 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-2000 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-2000 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Mattermost

- [CVE-2016-11064](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-11064/): Code injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-20856](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-20856/): Code injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-20861](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-20861/): Code injection in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-1046](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-1046/): Arbitrary application execution via unvalidated server-controlled URLs in Help menu (high 7.6)
- [CVE-2020-14456](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-14456/): Security feature bypass in n/a (high 7.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-2000 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-2000 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mattermost, published on 2 May 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-2000 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Mattermost. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2000/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2000/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-2000
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2000
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-2000

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2000/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.