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CVE-2023-32678

Zulip vulnerable to insufficient authorization check for edition/deletion of messages and topics in private streams by former subscribers

No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 41st percentile. Fixed in 7.3.

CVSS 3.16.5MediumEPSS percentile41st0.5% chance in 30 daysCISA KEVNot listedNo confirmed exploitation
No public exploit knownFix7.3Upgrade to this build

Published Updated Sources: CVE.org, NVD

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What to do

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  • ZulipAffected: < 7.3Upgrade to: not statedStated by: CVE record
  • Zulip ServerAffected: < 7.3Upgrade to: 7.3Stated by: NVD

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What it is

From the CVE record

Zulip is an open-source team collaboration tool with topic-based threading that combines email and chat. Users who used to be subscribed to a private stream and have been removed from it since retain the ability to edit messages/topics, move messages to other streams, and delete messages that they used to have access to, if other relevant organization permissions allow these actions. For example, a user may be able to edit or delete their old messages they posted in such a private stream. An administrator will be able to delete old messages (that they had access to) from the private stream. This issue was fixed in Zulip Server version 7.3.

In plain language

No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.

Exploitation

Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.

EPSS41st
CISA KEV

Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.

Public exploits

No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.

EPSS

0.5% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 41st percentile of scored CVEs.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.

Lifecycle

3 events over 454 days, from the signal feeds we watch.

  1. Record updated
  2. Publishedweakness classified

Affected products

Technical detail

CVSS 3.1 vector

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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Scored 6.5 by NVD.

How it is reached

  • Attack Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network without any special conditions
  • Attack Complexity LowNo special conditions — the attack can be reliably reproduced
  • Privileges Required LowRequires basic user-level privileges
  • User Interaction NoneNo user interaction needed — fully automated exploitation

Scope

  • Scope UnchangedImpact is limited to the vulnerable component itself

Impact if exploited

  • Confidentiality NoneNo confidentiality impact
  • Integrity HighTotal loss of integrity — attacker can modify any data in the component
  • Availability NoneNo availability impact

Weaknesses

Sources

References in the record

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