CVE-2024-23832 CRITICAL

CVE-2024-23832: Mastodon Remote user impersonation and takeover

Vendor Mastodon
Product mastodon
Weakness CWE-290
Published February 1, 2024
Last update February 13, 2025
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CVSS base score

9.4/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Mastodon is a free, open-source social network server based on ActivityPub Mastodon allows configuration of LDAP for authentication. Due to insufficient origin validation in all Mastodon, attackers can impersonate and take over any remote account. Every Mastodon version prior to 3.5.17 is vulnerable, as well as 4.0.x versions prior to 4.0.13, 4.1.x version prior to 4.1.13, and 4.2.x versions prior to 4.2.5.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

February 1, 2024 CVE published
February 13, 2025 Record updated