CVE-2021-37629 Lack of ratelimit on Richdocuments OCS endpoint in nextcloud

Medium 5.3 Published Updated

Attackers can enumerate valid share tokens due to missing rate limits on the Richdocuments OCS endpoint, exposing sensitive sharing information.

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

What is CVE-2021-37629?

CVE-2021-37629 is a medium-severity vulnerability in nextcloud security-advisories, published on 7 Sep 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Nextcloud Richdocuments is an open source collaborative office suite. In affected versions there is a lack of rate limiting on the Richdocuments OCS endpoint. This may have allowed an attacker to enumerate potentially valid share tokens. It is recommended that the Nextcloud Richdocuments app is upgraded to either 3.8.4 or 4.2.1 to resolve. For users unable to upgrade it is recommended that the Richdocuments application be disabled.

Weakness: CWE-770, CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-37629?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Nextcloud Richdocuments.

How do I fix CVE-2021-37629?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-37629 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2021-37629 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-37629 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-gvvr-h36p-8mjx.

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