CVE-2024-46872 Client-Side Path Traversal Leading to CSRF in Playbooks
Attackers can exploit client-side path traversal to trigger CSRF attacks in Mattermost Playbooks, bypassing security controls.
- 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
What is CVE-2024-46872?
CVE-2024-46872 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mattermost Mattermost Server, published on 29 Oct 2024. 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 versions 9.10.x <= 9.10.2, 9.11.x <= 9.11.1, 9.5.x <= 9.5.9 fail to sanitize user inputs in the frontend that are used for redirection which allows for a one-click client-side path traversal that is leading to CSRF in Playbooks
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-46872?
7 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8, mattermost and github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 Go | All versions | 8.0.0-20240926115259-20ed58906adc |
github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 Go | All versions | 8.0.0-20240926115259-20ed58906adc |
github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 Go | All versions | 8.0.0-20240926115259-20ed58906adc |
mattermost Bitnami | From 9.5.0 to 9.5.9 | None |
github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server Go | All versions | None |
github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v5 Go | All versions | None |
1 more packages
github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v6 Go | All versions | None |
Products include Mattermost Mattermost Server.
How do I fix CVE-2024-46872?
Upgrade github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 to 8.0.0-20240926115259-20ed58906adc or later.
Is CVE-2024-46872 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-46872 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Mattermost Mattermost Server
- CVE-2025-12419 Account takeover on OAuth/OpenID-enabled servers
- CVE-2025-12421 Account Takeover via Code Exchange Endpoint
- CVE-2025-4981 Path Traversal Leading to RCE by Any Authenticated Mattermost User
- CVE-2025-20051 Arbitrary file read via block duplication in Mattermost Boards
- CVE-2025-25279 Arbitrary file read in Mattermost Boards via import & export board archive
Sources
Also known as BIT-mattermost-2024-46872, GHSA-762g-9p7f-mrww, GO-2024-3233.