Mastodon Social Network Patches Critical Flaws Allowing Server Takeover

Mastodon, a popular decentralized social network, has released a security update to fix critical vulnerabilities that could expose millions of users to potential attacks. Mastodon is known for its federated model, consisting of thousands of separate servers called "instances," and it has over 14...

CVE-2023-36462 Mastodon's verified profile links can be formatted in a misleading way

Mastodon is a free, open-source social network server based on ActivityPub. Starting in version 2.6.0 and prior to versions 3.5.9, 4.0.5, and 4.1.3, an attacker can craft a verified profile link using specific formatting to conceal arbitrary parts of the link, enabling it to appear to link to a...

CVE-2023-36462 Mastodon's verified profile links can be formatted in a misleading way

Mastodon is a free, open-source social network server based on ActivityPub. Starting in version 2.6.0 and prior to versions 3.5.9, 4.0.5, and 4.1.3, an attacker can craft a verified profile link using specific formatting to conceal arbitrary parts of the link, enabling it to appear to link to a...

PT-2023-25578 · Mastodon · Mastodon

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Mastodon versions 2.6.0 through 3.5.8 Mastodon versions 4.0.0 through 4.0.4 Mastodon versions 4.1.0 through 4.1.2 Description: Mastodon is a free, open-source social network server based on ActivityPub. An attacker can craft a verified profil...