CVE-2018-16515 (GCVE-0-2018-16515)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-09-18 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 10:24
VLAI
Summary
Matrix Synapse before 0.33.3.1 allows remote attackers to spoof events and possibly have unspecified other impacts by leveraging improper transaction and event signature validation.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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References
Date Public
2018-09-05 00:00
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