Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-48304

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 21 November 2023

Published
21 November 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0014 34.4th percentile
Risk Priority 9 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-48304 is a medium-severity Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key (CWE-639) vulnerability in Nextcloud Nextcloud Server. Its CVSS base score is 4.3 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 34.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Nextcloud Server provides data storage for Nextcloud, an open source cloud platform. Starting in version 25.0.0 and prior to versions 25.0.11, 26.0.6, and 27.1.0 of Nextcloud Server and starting in version 22.0.0 and prior to versions 22.2.10.16, 23.0.12.11, 24.0.12.7, 25.0.11,…

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26.0.6, and 27.1.0 of Nextcloud Enterprise Server, an attacker could enable and disable the birthday calendar for any user on the same server. Nextcloud Server 25.0.11, 26.0.6, and 27.1.0 and Nextcloud Enterprise Server 22.2.10.16, 23.0.12.11, 24.0.12.7, 25.0.11, 26.0.6, and 27.1.0 contain patches for this issue. No known workarounds are available.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

nextcloud
nextcloud server
22.0.0 — 22.2.10.16 · 23.0.0 — 23.0.12.11 · 24.0.0 — 24.0.12.7

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-639

Per-request decision making makes it harder to bypass authorization using user-controlled keys without proper validation in the decision process.

addresses: CWE-639

Consistent enforcement of approved authorizations makes bypassing via user-controlled keys ineffective.

References