Rendered LaTeX manipulation via shared MathJax state
Published Jul 15, 2024 · Updated Aug 2, 2024
Content manipulation in Mattermost Mobile Apps 2.16.0 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to alter rendered LaTeX posts. The mobile renderer reuses a global MathJax state across post contexts, so macro definitions in one crafted post affect how another post is rendered. An attacker needs an account that can create the macro-defining post, and a user must view the affected LaTeX content; the underlying stored post text is not reported as modified.
Summary
What happened
Content manipulation in Mattermost Mobile Apps 2.16.0 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to alter rendered LaTeX posts. The mobile renderer reuses a global MathJax state across post contexts, so macro definitions in one crafted post affect how another post is rendered. An attacker needs an account that can create the macro-defining post, and a user must view the affected LaTeX content; the underlying stored post text is not reported as modified.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-32945
- Published
- Jul 15, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 2, 2024
- Vendor
- Mattermost
- Product
- Mattermost
- Classifications
- CWE-909
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Jul 15, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 2, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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