CVE-2017-0896

MEDIUM

Zulip Server <1.5.1 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

Zulip Server 1.5.1 and below suffer from an error in the implementation of the invite_by_admins_only setting in the Zulip group chat application server that allowed an authenticated user to invite other users to join a Zulip organization even if the organization was configured to prevent this.

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0015
EPSS Percentile 35.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-862 CWE-285
Status published
Products (20)
zulip/zulip_server
zulip/zulip_server
zulip/zulip_server
zulip/zulip_server
zulip/zulip_server
zulip/zulip_server
zulip/zulip_server
zulip/zulip_server
zulip/zulip_server
zulip/zulip_server
... and 10 more
Published Jun 02, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026