Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate with valid Rocket.Chat credentials
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DeliveryEnumerate or obtain target message IDs from accessible metadata
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ExploitCraft POST request to /api/v1/autotranslate.translateMessage with target messageId
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ExecutionServer calls Messages.findOneById() without room access check
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PersistReceive full IMessage object with private message content
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ImpactExfiltrate sensitive communications
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Access control enforcement
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Defense Evasion The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires a valid authenticated Rocket.Chat user account (CVSS PR:L); unauthenticated attackers cannot exploit this vulnerability. The attacker must also supply a valid messageId for a message stored in a room they are not a member of - this is the basis for the CVSS AC:H rating, as the attacker must obtain or enumerate these IDs. The autotranslate feature must be enabled on the Rocket.Chat instance (this is not confirmed as enabled by default - operators should verify their configuration). There is no required user interaction beyond the attacker's own API call (UI:N). Exploitation is limited to confidentiality impact only; no write or availability primitive is exposed. The practical difficulty of ID enumeration may be lower than AC:H implies if message IDs follow predictable patterns, which would elevate real-world risk above the CVSS score suggests. |
| Impact | The CVSS 5.3 score reflects a nuanced threat profile: AV:N confirms remote exploitation via the API, PR:L confirms an authenticated session is required (eliminating unauthenticated mass exploitation), and AC:H signals that the attacker must possess or successfully enumerate valid message IDs from rooms they do not belong to - the primary friction point. C:H drives the confidentiality severity, with no integrity or availability impact (I:N/A:N). EPSS data was not provided in the available intelligence, so exploitation probability cannot be quantified beyond the CVSS signals. There is no CISA KEV listing and no confirmed public POC, meaning this is currently a theoretical-to-low active exploitation risk. However, organizations with large user bases (many internal authenticated accounts, including contractors or lower-trust staff) face meaningful insider-threat exposure. The AC:H rating may also be optimistic: Rocket.Chat message IDs are typically sequential or ULID-based, which could lower practical enumeration difficulty beyond what the CVSS reflects - this should be verified with the vendor. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An authenticated attacker - such as a low-privileged employee, contractor, or compromised internal account - submits a crafted POST request to /api/v1/autotranslate.translateMessage with a target messageId harvested or enumerated from the Rocket.Chat platform. Because no room membership check is performed, the server returns the complete IMessage object including the text of a private direct message or confidential group conversation the attacker has never been invited to. No public POC has been identified at time of analysis, but the attack requires only standard HTTP tooling and a valid session token. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – May 19, 2026
Broken access control on the /api/v1/autotranslate.translateMessage endpoint in Rocket.Chat allows any authenticated user to retrieve the full content of messages from rooms they have no membership in - including private groups, direct messages, and channels - by supplying only a valid message ID. The vulnerability stems from the complete absence of a room-level authorization check (canAccessRoomIdAsync is never invoked) before the message fetch via Messages.findOneById(). No public exploit code or CISA KEV listing has been identified at time of analysis, but the high confidentiality impact (C:H in CVSS) means successful exploitation exposes sensitive private communications organization-wide.
RemediationAI
Upgrade to the earliest fixed release in your respective version branch: 8.5.0, 8.4.2, 8.3.4, 8.2.4, 8.1.5, 8.0.6, 7.13.8, or 7.10.12. These version thresholds are derived directly from the CVE description's affected-version ranges; a patched release at each boundary is implied, but independent confirmation of fix-version release notes was not available in the provided data - verify against the Rocket.Chat changelog or HackerOne report at https://hackerone.com/reports/3713682. If immediate upgrade is not possible, a compensating control is to disable or restrict access to the /api/v1/autotranslate.translateMessage endpoint at the reverse-proxy or API gateway layer; note that this will break the autotranslate feature for all users. Additionally, auditing API access logs for calls to this endpoint from users outside of expected room memberships may help detect prior exploitation. Restricting user registration and revoking unused internal accounts reduces the PR:L attack surface while a patch is applied.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The affected endpoint is a server-side REST API route in Rocket.Chat's autotranslate feature (CPE: cpe:2.3:a:rocket.chat:rocket.chat:*). When a translation request is submitted, the handler calls Messages.findOneById(messageId) to resolve the target message, but the standard room-access gate - canAccessRoomIdAsync - is never invoked. This is a textbook CWE-284 (Improper Access Control) instance: the application correctly authenticates the calling user but fails to enforce the authorization rule that restricts message visibility to room members. The returned IMessage object includes message text, sender identity, room ID, timestamps, and rendered markdown - the full data model - making this a complete confidentiality bypass rather than a partial information leak.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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CVSS VectorVendor: hackerone
Lifecycle Timeline
1DescriptionCVE.org
The /api/v1/autotranslate.translateMessage endpoint in versions <8.5.0, <8.4.2, <8.3.4, <8.2.4, <8.1.5, <8.0.6, <7.13.8, and <7.10.12 allows any authenticated user to retrieve the full content of any message from any room (private groups, direct messages, channels) by simply providing the target message ID. The endpoint fetches the message via Messages.findOneById(messageId) with no room access check (canAccessRoomIdAsync is never called), returning the complete IMessage object including message text, sender info, room ID, timestamps, and markdown content.
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Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
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