Improper access control in Nextcloud Enterprise Server and Nextcloud Server - CVE-2023-35927

 

Improper access control in Nextcloud Enterprise Server and Nextcloud Server - CVE-2023-35927

Published: June 23, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU77663
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-35927
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to otherwise restricted functionality.

The vulnerability exists due to improper access restrictions when two servers are registered as trusted servers for each other and successfully exchanged the share secrets. A remote user can modify or delete VCards in the system addressbook on the origin server.


Affected software

Nextcloud Enterprise Server
Nextcloud Server

How to mitigate CVE-2023-35927

Install updates from vendor's website.

Nextcloud Enterprise Server - addressed in versions 19.0.13.9, 20.0.14.14, 21.0.9.12, 22.2.10.12, 23.0.12.7, 24.0.12.2, 25.0.7, 26.0.2
Nextcloud Server - addressed in versions 25.0.7, 26.0.2

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