Mastodon spoofing | CVE-2023-36462

NAME
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Mastodon spoofing

Platforms Affected:
Mastodon Mastodon 2.6.0
Mastodon Mastodon 4.1.2
Mastodon Mastodon 4.0.4
Mastodon Mastodon 3.5.8

Risk Level:
5.4

Exploitability:
Unproven

Consequences:
Gain Access

DESCRIPTION
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Mastodon could allow a remote attacker to conduct spoofing attacks, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. By persuading a victim to click a specially crafted link using specific formatting to conceal arbitrary parts of the link, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to redirect a victim to arbitrary Web sites.

CVSS 3.0 Information
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Privileges Required:
None

User Interaction:
Required

Scope:
Unchanged

Access Vector:
Network



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