Mastodon privilege escalation | CVE-2022-24307
NAME
Mastodon privilege escalation
- Platforms Affected:
Mastodon Mastodon 3.3.1
Mastodon Mastodon 3.4.5 - Risk Level:
9.8 - Exploitability:
Unproven - Consequences:
Gain Privileges
DESCRIPTION
Mastodon could allow a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by incorrect access control due to not compact incoming signed JSON-LD activities. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges.
CVSS 3.0 Information
- Privileges Required: None
- User Interaction: None
- Scope: Unchanged
- Access Vector: Network
- Access Complexity: Low
- Confidentiality Impact: High
- Integrity Impact: High
- Availability Impact: High
- Remediation Level: Official Fix
MITIGATION
Upgrade to the latest version of Mastodon (3.3.2, 3.4.6 or later), available from the Mastodon GIT Repository. See References.
- Reference Link:
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v3.4.6 - Reference Link:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-24307
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