CVE-2021-32657 Malicious user could break user administration page
A malicious user can disrupt the user administration page, preventing administrators from managing users on the Nextcloud instance.
- 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-2021-32657?
CVE-2021-32657 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Nextcloud Nextcloud Server, published on 1 Jun 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Nextcloud Server is a Nextcloud package that handles data storage. In versions of Nextcloud Server prior to 10.0.11, 20.0.10, and 21.0.2, a malicious user may be able to break the user administration page. This would disallow administrators to administrate users on the Nextcloud instance. The vulnerability is fixed in versions 19.0.11, 20.0.10, and 21.0.2. As a workaround, administrators can use the OCC command line tool to administrate the Nextcloud users.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-32657?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nextcloud Nextcloud Server.
How do I fix CVE-2021-32657?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-32657 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2021-32657 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-32657 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Nextcloud Nextcloud Server
- CVE-2021-32802 Preview generation used third-party library not suited for user-generated content in Nextcloud server
- CVE-2023-26482 Scope of workflow operations is not validated in nextcloud server
- CVE-2018-3775 Auth bypass in Nextcloud Server
- CVE-2023-35172 Nextcloud Server password reset endpoint is not brute force protected
- CVE-2023-32320 Nextcloud Server's brute force protection allows someone to send more requests than intended
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fx62-q47f-f665.