CVE-2025-12421CRITICAL 9.9EPSS p21.9%
CVE-2025-12421CVE-2025-12421
Description
Mattermost versions 11.0.x <= 11.0.2, 10.12.x <= 10.12.1, 10.11.x <= 10.11.4, 10.5.x <= 10.5.12 fail to to verify that the token used during the code exchange originates from the same authentication flow, which allows an authenticated user to perform account takeover via a specially crafted email address used when switching authentication methods and sending a request to the /users/login/sso/code-exchange endpoint. The vulnerability requires ExperimentalEnableAuthenticationTransfer to be enabled (default: enabled) and RequireEmailVerification to be disabled (default: disabled).
Scoring
| CVSS 3.1 | 9.9 (CRITICAL) |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 0.30% probability of exploitation · percentile 21.9% · 2026-06-19T12:03:05Z |
| Published | 2025-11-27 |
| Last modified | 2025-12-03 |
Underlying weaknesses· 1
References
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| Type | Target | Confidence | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weakness | Incorrect Implementation of Authentication Algorithmcwe-303 | 0% | live |
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