🛡️ CVE-2016-11077 — mattermost-server

🟢 CVSS 2.0 — Low ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-732 OSV
2.0
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Mattermost Server allows System Admin to modify LDAP account names and email addresses

An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 3.0.0. It has a superfluous API in which the System Admin can change the account name and e-mail address of an LDAP account.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs administrative privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity low, availability none.

Weakness class

CVE-2016-11077 is classified as CWE-732: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. A sensitive resource is assigned permissions that let unintended actors read or modify it.

Affected software

CVE-2016-11077 is recorded against 1 package.

  • github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server

Timeline and source

Published on 24 May 2022 and last revised on 3 March 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Package)
mattermost.com (Web)

Details

Severity LOW
CVSS Score 2.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE CWE-732
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-05-24
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-03-03
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server — —

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