Mattermost Confluence Plugin is Missing Authentication for Critical Function

Description

Mattermost Confluence Plugin version <1.5.0 fails to check the authorization of the user to the Mattermost instance which allows attackers to create a channel subscription without proper authorization via API call to the create channel subscription endpoint.

Basic information

Type
reviewed
Severity
high
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Published (advisory)
2025-08-11 21:31:39 UTC
Updated
2025-08-11 23:09:16 UTC
GitHub reviewed
2025-08-11 23:09:14 UTC
NVD published
2025-08-11

EPSS Score

Score Percentile
0.05% 14.77%

CVSS Scores

Base score Version Severity Vector
7.2 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N 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:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.

Identifiers

CWEs

CWE id Name
CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Function

Affected packages (1)

Vulnerable version ranges and first patched releases as published by GitHub.

Ecosystem Package Vulnerable range First patched Vulnerable functions
go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-plugin-confluence < 1.5.0 1.5.0

References

cvelogic Threat Intelligence