html injection via invite members can be leads account takeover
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Vulnerability Details
Technical details and impact analysis
Hi team,
I have found an vulnerability on your website .
step to reproduce :
1.navigate to : yourworkspace.cloud.mattermost.com
2.create new channel F1571445
3.there you will find a functionality invite members F1571448
4.click on invite members
5 input your email address
6.scroll down & click on invite as guest F1571456
7. on Add to channels input your channel name
8.click on set a custom message , input this html payloads : <a href=evil.com>click</a>
<input type=x>
9. invite
10.open inbox of email that you have invited
as you can see html injected & there's an input field & click button
follow my video poc for better understanding & if you need any info let me know .
thanks for reading my report .God bless you
## Impact
As HTML injection worked in email an attacker can trick victim to click on such hyperlinks to redirect him to any malicious site and also can host a XSS page. All this will surely cause some damage to victim. This could lead to users being tricked into giving logins away to malicious attackers.
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State
Closed
Substate
Resolved
Submitted
Weakness
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Generic