Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-25579

Medium

Published: 22 February 2023

Published
22 February 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 6.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0035 57.9th percentile
Risk Priority 12 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-25579 is a medium-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Nextcloud Nextcloud Server. Its CVSS base score is 6.0 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 42.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Nextcloud server is a self hosted home cloud product. In affected versions the `OC\Files\Node\Folder::getFullPath()` function was validating and normalizing the string in the wrong order. The function is used in the `newFile()` and `newFolder()` items, which may allow to creation…

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of paths outside of ones own space and overwriting data from other users with crafted paths. This issue has been addressed in versions 25.0.2, 24.0.8, and 23.0.12. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

nextcloud
nextcloud server
≤ 23.0.12 · 20.0.0 — 20.0.14 · 21.0.0 — 21.0.9

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-22

Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.

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