CVE-2021-30478

MEDIUM

Zulip Server <3.4 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An issue was discovered in Zulip Server before 3.4. A bug in the implementation of the can_forge_sender permission (previously is_api_super_user) resulted in users with this permission being able to send messages appearing as if sent by a system bot, including to other organizations hosted by the same Zulip installation.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://blog.zulip.com/2021/04/14/zulip-server-3-4/

Scores

CVSS v3 4.3
EPSS 0.0057
EPSS Percentile 43.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-269
Status published
Products (1)
zulip/zulip_server < 3.4
Published Apr 15, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026