GHSA-887v-xh2x-47cm

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-887v-xh2x-47cm
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-887v-xh2x-47cm/GHSA-887v-xh2x-47cm.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-887v-xh2x-47cm
Aliases
Published
2022-05-24T17:21:05Z
Modified
2026-02-03T03:02:37.891050Z
Severity
  • 6.1 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
Mattermost Server is vulnerable to XSS through display name field
Details

An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 4.2.0, 4.1.1, and 4.0.5. Display names allow XSS.

Database specific 
{
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-79"
    ],
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-01-12T18:30:08Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2020-06-19T19:15:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE",
    "github_reviewed": true
}
References

Affected packages

Go
github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server

Package

Name
github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server
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Purl
pkg:golang/github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.0.5

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-887v-xh2x-47cm/GHSA-887v-xh2x-47cm.json"
github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server

Package

Name
github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server
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Purl
pkg:golang/github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
4.1.0
Fixed
4.1.1

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-887v-xh2x-47cm/GHSA-887v-xh2x-47cm.json"
github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server

Package

Name
github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:golang/github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
4.2.0-rc1
Fixed
4.2.0

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-887v-xh2x-47cm/GHSA-887v-xh2x-47cm.json"