GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Go
GHSA-887v-xh2x-47cm Mattermost Server is vulnerable to XSS through display name field
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2017-18893
- Ecosystem
- Go
- Packages
- github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79
- Reviewed
- 2026-01-12
Affected packages
• Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server: < 4.0.5 → fixed in 4.0.5
• Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server: >= 4.1.0, < 4.1.1 → fixed in 4.1.1
• Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server: >= 4.2.0-rc1, < 4.2.0 → fixed in 4.2.0
Description
An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 4.2.0, 4.1.1, and 4.0.5. Display names allow XSS.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2017-18893 An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 4.2.0, 4.1.1, and 4.0.5. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18893 advisory
- https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost/commit/2a4d88d07c5815deac103e109550d25338507151 web
- https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost/commit/670bfbf62686ebe9f2ab332733d851a62b6950b0 web
- https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost/commit/d0b42b9e527e93a61fd06a9b9106fc97067807e4 web
- https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost package
- https://mattermost.com/security-updates web