# CVE-2023-47168: Open redirect in /oauth/<service>/mobile_login?redirect_to=

> Attackers can redirect users to malicious sites via the mobile login redirect parameter, potentially facilitating phishing attacks.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 27 Nov 2023
- **Updated:** 2 Dec 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4ghx-8jw8-p76q

## What is CVE-2023-47168?

CVE-2023-47168 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mattermost Mattermost, published on 27 Nov 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Mattermost fails to properly check a redirect URL parameter allowing for an open redirect was possible when the user clicked "Back to Mattermost" after providing a invalid custom url scheme in /oauth/{service}/mobile_login?redirect_to=

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-47168?

8 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 and github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v6. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8` | Go | All versions | 8.1.4 |
| `github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8` | Go | All versions | 8.1.4 |
| `github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8` | Go | From 9.0.0 | 9.0.2 |
| `github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8` | Go | From 9.0.0 | 9.0.2 |
| `github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8` | Go | From 9.1.0 | 9.1.1 |
| `github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8` | Go | From 9.1.0 | 9.1.1 |
| `github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v6` | Go | All versions | 7.8.13 |
| `github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v6` | Go | All versions | 7.8.13 |

Products: Mattermost Mattermost.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-47168?

Upgrade github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 to a fixed version for your release line: 8.1.4, 9.0.2 or 9.1.1.

## Is CVE-2023-47168 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-47168 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [CVE-2024-39777](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-39777/): Malicious remote can invite itself to an arbitrary local channel (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2024-39830](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-39830/): Timing attack during remote cluster token comparison when shared channels are enabled (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2023-3615](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-3615/): Lack of server certificate validation in websockets connection (high 8.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-47168 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-47168 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mattermost Mattermost, published on 27 Nov 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-47168 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 (Go): affected all versions; fixed in 8.1.4
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 (Go): affected all versions; fixed in 8.1.4
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 (Go): affected from 9.0.0; fixed in 9.0.2
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 (Go): affected from 9.0.0; fixed in 9.0.2
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 (Go): affected from 9.1.0; fixed in 9.1.1
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 (Go): affected from 9.1.0; fixed in 9.1.1
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v6 (Go): affected all versions; fixed in 7.8.13
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v6 (Go): affected all versions; fixed in 7.8.13

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-2023-47168/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-47168/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-47168
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-47168
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-47168

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-47168/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.
