CVE-2024-5270 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Mattermost versions 9.5.x <= 9.5.3, 9.7.x <= 9.7.1, 9.6.x <= 9.6.1 and 8.1.x <= 8.1.12 fail to check if the email signup configuration option is enabled when a user requests to switch from SAML to Email. This allows the user to switch their authentication mail from SAML to email and possibly edit personal details that were otherwise non-editable and provided by the SAML provider.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00098.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Mattermost	Mattermost Mattermost Server

Configuration 1 [-]

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Vendors	Products
Mattermost	Mattermost

Fixes

Solution

Update Mattermost to versions 9.8.0, 9.5.4, 9.7.2, 9.6.2, 8.1.13 or higher.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://mattermost.com/security-updates

History

Tue, 30 Sep 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Mattermost mattermost Server
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:mattermost:mattermost_server::::::::
Vendors & Products		Mattermost mattermost Server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Mattermost

Published: 2024-05-26T13:30:53.070Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T21:11:12.407Z

Reserved: 2024-05-23T13:51:58.596Z

Link: CVE-2024-5270

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T21:11:12.407Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-05-26T14:15:10.303

Modified: 2025-09-30T15:47:34.487

Link: CVE-2024-5270

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-07-12T22:09:40Z

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