CVE-2025-48731 Unauthorized Subscription Edit to Confluence Space in Mattermost Confluence Plugin

Medium 6.4 Published Updated

Attackers can edit subscriptions for Confluence spaces they lack access to due to missing authorization checks in the Mattermost Confluence Plugin.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2025-48731?

CVE-2025-48731 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Mattermost Confluence Plugin, published on 11 Aug 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Mattermost Confluence Plugin version <1.5.0 fails to check the access of the user to the Confluence space which allows attackers to edit a subscription for a Confluence space the user does not have access for via edit subscription endpoint.

Weakness: CWE-862

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-48731?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/mattermost/mattermost-plugin-confluence. It affects 1 product.

PackageAffectedFixed in
github.com/mattermost/mattermost-plugin-confluence GoAll versions1.5.0
github.com/mattermost/mattermost-plugin-confluence GoAll versions1.5.0
github.com/mattermost/mattermost-plugin-confluence GoAll versions1.5.0

Products include Mattermost Confluence.

How do I fix CVE-2025-48731?

Upgrade github.com/mattermost/mattermost-plugin-confluence to 1.5.0 or later.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2025-48731 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-48731 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-cmpr-8prq-w5p5, GO-2025-3861.

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