CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS
Percentile
21.7%
Mastodon is a free, open-source social network server based on ActivityPub. In versions on the 4.x branch prior to versions 4.0.10, 4.2.8, and 4.2.0-rc2, under certain conditions, attackers can abuse the translation feature to bypass the server-side HTML sanitization, allowing unescaped HTML to execute in the browser. The impact is limited thanks to Mastodonβs strict Content Security Policy, blocking inline scripts, etc. However a CSP bypass or loophole could be exploited to execute malicious XSS. Furthermore, it requires user interaction, as this can only occur upon clicking the βTranslateβ button on a malicious post. Versions 4.0.10, 4.2.8, and 4.2.0-rc2 contain a patch for this issue.
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
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joinmastodon | mastodon | * | cpe:2.3:a:joinmastodon:mastodon:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
joinmastodon | mastodon | 4.2.0 | cpe:2.3:a:joinmastodon:mastodon:4.2.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
joinmastodon | mastodon | 4.2.0 | cpe:2.3:a:joinmastodon:mastodon:4.2.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
joinmastodon | mastodon | 4.2.0 | cpe:2.3:a:joinmastodon:mastodon:4.2.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
joinmastodon | mastodon | 4.2.0 | cpe:2.3:a:joinmastodon:mastodon:4.2.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |