CVE-2026-115725
What it is
Chatwoot before 4.17.0 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability that allows authenticated agent bots to access other accounts by supplying a foreign contact inbox source_id. Attackers can call the conversations create endpoint with another account's source_id to create or retrieve conversations and post messages to that account's contacts.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network with a low-privilege account. Limited direct impact.
- Exploit odds
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.2% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 2.3 LOW (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.2% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-639 · Insecure direct object reference
- Record status
- Deferred
Attack profile CVSS 4.0 · 2.3
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Raw vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
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Fix and advisories
- https://github.com/chatwoot/chatwoot/commit/2d173978fcd64e6927b407c171095a3a7ceb03dd
- https://github.com/chatwoot/chatwoot/pull/15521
- https://github.com/chatwoot/chatwoot/releases/tag/v4.17.0
References
- https://github.com/chatwoot/chatwoot/blob/v4.16.2/app/controllers/api/v1/accounts/conversations_controller.rb#L206-L213
- https://github.com/chatwoot/chatwoot/blob/v4.16.2/app/policies/inbox_policy.rb#L22-L27
- https://github.com/chatwoot/chatwoot/commit/2d173978fcd64e6927b407c171095a3a7ceb03dd
- https://github.com/chatwoot/chatwoot/pull/15521
- https://github.com/chatwoot/chatwoot/releases/tag/v4.17.0
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/chatwoot-before-4.17.0-cross-account-authorization-bypass-via-source-id