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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2023-28325

An improper authorization vulnerability exists in Rocket.Chat <6.0 that could allow a hacker to manipulate the rid parameter and change the updateMessage method that only checks whether the user is allowed to edit message in the target room.

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5 Nov 2026, 03:02 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2023-28325

core-osv · Original source

Published 11 May 2023, 00:00 UTC

An improper authorization vulnerability exists in Rocket.Chat <6.0 that could allow a hacker to manipulate the rid parameter and change the updateMessage method that only checks whether the user is allowed to edit message in the target room.

osv:CVE-2023-28325
Complete source record
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