# CVE-2025-24490: SQL Injection in Mattermost Boards via board category ID reordering

> An attacker can retrieve database data via SQL injection in Mattermost Boards when reordering categories due to missing prepared statements.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.6 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 24 Feb 2025
- **Updated:** 24 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-p4jg-qmjv-9x26

## What is CVE-2025-24490?

CVE-2025-24490 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability in Mattermost Mattermost Server, published on 24 Feb 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Mattermost versions 10.4.x <= 10.4.1, 9.11.x <= 9.11.7, 10.3.x <= 10.3.2, 10.2.x <= 10.2.2 fail to use prepared statements in the SQL query of boards reordering which allows an attacker to retrieve data from the database, via a SQL injection when reordering specially crafted boards categories.

Weakness: CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-24490?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Mattermost Mattermost Server.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-24490?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-24490 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-24490 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-24490 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Mattermost Mattermost Server

- [CVE-2025-12419](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-12419/): Account takeover on OAuth/OpenID-enabled servers (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2025-12421](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-12421/): Account Takeover via Code Exchange Endpoint (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2025-4981](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4981/): Path Traversal Leading to RCE by Any Authenticated Mattermost User (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2025-20051](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-20051/): Arbitrary file read via block duplication in Mattermost Boards (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2025-25279](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-25279/): Arbitrary file read in Mattermost Boards via import & export board archive (critical 9.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-24490 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-24490 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability in Mattermost Mattermost Server, published on 24 Feb 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-24490 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Mattermost Mattermost Server. 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-2025-24490/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-24490/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-24490
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-24490
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-24490

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-24490/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.