CVE-2024-45833 Mobile password gets saved in dictionary under conditions
Attackers can recover passwords from the keyboard dictionary if specific mobile settings are enabled, exposing user credentials.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-45833?
CVE-2024-45833 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mattermost, published on 16 Sep 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Mattermost Mobile Apps versions <=2.18.0 fail to disable autocomplete during login while typing the password and visible password is selected, which allows the password to get saved in the dictionary when the user has Swiftkey as the default keyboard, the masking is off and the password contains a special character..
Weakness: CWE-693
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-45833?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mattermost Mattermost Mobile.
How do I fix CVE-2024-45833?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-45833 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-45833 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-45833 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Mattermost
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fq8w-cfr6-8fqg.