CVE-2025-20036 | Insufficient Input Validation on Post Props

Mattermost Mobile Apps versions <=2.22.0 fail to properly validate post props which allows a malicious authenticated user to cause a crash via a malicious post.

Published: 2025-01-15 Last update: 2025-09-25 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-20036 is rated Moderate Risk (46.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.35%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-20036

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-02-23 0.15% 0.35% +0.20%
2 2025-09-26 0.07% 0.15% +0.08%
3 2025-03-17 0.07%

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-20036

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
2.8 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-20036

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-20036

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mattermost mattermost_mobile < 2.23.0 cpe:2.3:a:mattermost:mattermost_mobile:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-20036

URL Tags
https://mattermost.com/security-updates Vendor Advisory
cvelogic Threat Intelligence