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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.1

CVE-2017-18904 json

Mattermost Server vulnerable to XSS via an uploaded file

published 2020-06-19 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-8pff-p3gx-w4jf , GO-2026-4302 , EUVD-2017-9994

cvss
6.1
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 53%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 4.0.0, 3.10.2, and 3.9.2. It allows XSS via an uploaded file.

Patch / fix

  • go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server 3.9.2, 3.9.2+incompatible, 3.10.2, 3.10.2+incompatible
  • mattermost mattermost_server 3.9.2, 3.10.2
  • govulncheck-vulndb openSUSE Leap 15.6 0.0.20260114T191543-150000.1.137.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:0142-1

  • govulncheck-vulndb openSUSE Leap 16.0 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1

Exploit prediction

0.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
GitHub 3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server
<3.9.2
>=3.10.0, <3.10.2
<3.9.2+incompatible
>=3.10.0+incompatible, <3.10.2+incompatible
3.9.2
3.10.2
3.9.2+incompatible
3.10.2+incompatible

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.