CVE-2023-5876 Vulnerability Analysis & Exploit Details

CVE-2023-5876
Vulnerability Scoring

3.1
/10
Moderate Risk

Exploiting CVE-2023-5876 requires specific conditions, leading to a moderate security impact.

Attack Complexity Details

  • Attack Complexity: High
    Exploits require significant effort and special conditions.
  • Attack Vector: Network
    Vulnerability is exploitable over a network without physical access.
  • Privileges Required: Low
    Some privileges are necessary to exploit the vulnerability.
  • Scope: Unchanged
    Exploit remains within the originally vulnerable component.
  • User Interaction: None
    No user interaction is necessary for exploitation.

CVE-2023-5876 Details

Status: Modified

Last updated: 🕣 21 Nov 2024, 08:42 UTC
Originally published on: 🕘 02 Nov 2023, 09:15 UTC

Time between publication and last update: 384 days

CVSS Release: version 3

CVSS3 Source

responsibledisclosure@mattermost.com

CVSS3 Type

Secondary

CVSS3 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CVE-2023-5876 Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2023-5876: Mattermost fails to properly validate a RegExp built off the server URL path, allowing an attacker in control of an enrolled server to mount a Denial Of Service.

Assessing the Risk of CVE-2023-5876

Access Complexity Graph

The exploitability of CVE-2023-5876 depends on two key factors: attack complexity (the level of effort required to execute an exploit) and privileges required (the access level an attacker needs).

Exploitability Analysis for CVE-2023-5876

This vulnerability, CVE-2023-5876, requires a high level of attack complexity and low privileges, making it difficult but not impossible to exploit. Organizations should ensure robust security configurations to mitigate risks.

Understanding AC and PR

A lower complexity and fewer privilege requirements make exploitation easier. Security teams should evaluate these aspects to determine the urgency of mitigation strategies, such as patch management and access control policies.

Attack Complexity (AC) measures the difficulty in executing an exploit. A high AC means that specific conditions must be met, making an attack more challenging, while a low AC means the vulnerability can be exploited with minimal effort.

Privileges Required (PR) determine the level of system access necessary for an attack. Vulnerabilities requiring no privileges are more accessible to attackers, whereas high privilege requirements limit exploitation to authorized users with elevated access.

CVSS Score Breakdown Chart

Above is the CVSS Sub-score Breakdown for CVE-2023-5876, illustrating how Base, Impact, and Exploitability factors combine to form the overall severity rating. A higher sub-score typically indicates a more severe or easier-to-exploit vulnerability.

CIA Impact Analysis

Below is the Impact Analysis for CVE-2023-5876, showing how Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability might be affected if the vulnerability is exploited. Higher values usually signal greater potential damage.

  • Confidentiality: None
    CVE-2023-5876 has no significant impact on data confidentiality.
  • Integrity: None
    CVE-2023-5876 poses no threat to data integrity.
  • Availability: Low
    CVE-2023-5876 may slightly degrade system performance without fully affecting service availability.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

The EPSS score estimates the probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the near future.

EPSS Score: 0.073% (probability of exploit)

EPSS Percentile: 34.9% (lower percentile = lower relative risk)
This vulnerability is less risky than approximately 65.1% of others.

CVE-2023-5876 References

External References

CWE Common Weakness Enumeration

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Vulnerable Configurations

  • cpe:2.3:a:mattermost:mattermost_desktop:3.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:mattermost:mattermost_desktop:3.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mattermost:mattermost_desktop:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:mattermost:mattermost_desktop:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mattermost:mattermost_desktop:4.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:mattermost:mattermost_desktop:4.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mattermost:mattermost_desktop:4.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:mattermost:mattermost_desktop:4.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mattermost:mattermost_desktop:4.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:mattermost:mattermost_desktop:4.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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