CVE 9.9 CRITICAL

Account Takeover via Code Exchange Endpoint_CVE-2025-12421

9.9 / 10
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

Mattermost versions 11.0.x <= 11.0.2, 10.12.x <= 10.12.1, 10.11.x <= 10.11.4, 10.5.x <= 10.5.12 fail to to verify that the token used during the code exchange originates from the same authentication flow, which allows an authenticated user to perform account takeover via a specially crafted email address used when switching authentication methods and sending a request to the /users/login/sso/code-exchange endpoint. The vulnerability requires ExperimentalEnableAuthenticationTransfer to be enabled (default: enabled) and RequireEmailVerification to be disabled (default: disabled).

AI Analysis

Account takeover via code exchange endpoint vulnerability

Basic Information

ID CVE-2025-12421
Source Mattermost
Published Nov 27, 2025 at 17:47

Affected Product

Vendor Mattermost
Product Mattermost
Version 11.0.0
Affected Versions Mattermost Mattermost 11.0.0
Mattermost Mattermost 10.12.0
Mattermost Mattermost 10.11.0
Mattermost Mattermost 10.5.0

CWE Classification

AI Assessment

AI Score 9.9 / 10
AI Severity Critical
Vendor Mattermost
Product Mattermost
Version 11.0.0, 10.12.0, 10.11.0, 10.5.0

References

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