CVE-2025-47930 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-47930: Zulip Server has access control bypass for restrictions on creation of specific channel types

Vendor Zulip
Product zulip
Weakness CWE-863 · Incorrect authorization
Published May 15, 2025
Last update May 16, 2025

CVSS base score

5.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Zulip is an open-source team chat application. Starting in version 10.0 and prior to version 10.3, the "Who can create public channels" access control mechanism can be circumvented by creating a private or web-public channel, and then changing the channel privacy to public. A similar technique works for creating private channels without permission, though such a process requires either the API or modifying the HTML, as we do mark the "private" radio button as disabled in such cases. Version 10.3 contains a patch.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 15, 2025 CVE published
May 16, 2025 Record updated