CVE-2025-14573 (GCVE-0-2025-14573)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-16 12:25 – Updated: 2026-02-17 17:05
VLAI?
Title
Team Admin Bypass of Invite Permissions via allow_open_invite Field
Summary
Mattermost versions 10.11.x <= 10.11.9 fail to enforce invite permissions when updating team settings, which allows team administrators without proper permissions to bypass restrictions and add users to their team via API requests. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2025-00561
Severity ?
3.8 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Mattermost Mattermost Affected: 10.11.0 , ≤ 10.11.9 (semver)
Unaffected: 11.3.0
Unaffected: 10.11.10
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omarAhmed1
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