CVE-2021-32652 Missing permission check on email metadata retrieval

High 8.8 Published Updated

Authenticated users can access other users' mail metadata due to missing permission checks in Nextcloud Mail.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2021-32652?

CVE-2021-32652 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in nextcloud security-advisories, published on 1 Jun 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Nextcloud Mail is a mail app for the Nextcloud platform. A missing permission check in Nextcloud Mail before 1.4.3 and 1.8.2 allows another authenticated users to access mail metadata of other users. Versions 1.4.3 and 1.8.2 contain patches for this vulnerability; no workarounds other than the patches are known to exist.

Weakness: CWE-862, CWE-284

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-32652?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Nextcloud Mail.

How do I fix CVE-2021-32652?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-32652 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2021-32652 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-32652 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-mxx2-6rg9-v2vc.

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