# CVE-2023-22472: Nextcloud Deck Desktop Client is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) via malicious link

> Attackers can force users to execute arbitrary POST requests via malicious links, requiring an upgrade to the Nextcloud Desktop client.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Jan 2023
- **Updated:** 10 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4gfv-xqpx-42qj

## What is CVE-2023-22472?

CVE-2023-22472 is a medium-severity vulnerability in nextcloud security-advisories, published on 9 Jan 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Deck is a kanban style organization tool aimed at personal planning and project organization for teams integrated with Nextcloud. It is possible to make a user send any POST request with an arbitrary body given they click on a malicious deep link on a Windows computer. (e.g. in an email, chat link, etc). There are currently no known workarounds. It is recommended that the Nextcloud Desktop client is upgraded to 3.6.2.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-22472?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Nextcloud Desktop.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-22472?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-22472 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-22472 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-22472 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in nextcloud security-advisories

- [CVE-2024-46958](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-46958/): Misconfiguration in n/a (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2020-8224](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-8224/): Code injection in Desktop Client (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2020-8225](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-8225/): Information disclosure in Desktop Client (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2021-37617](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-37617/): Untrusted Search Path in Nextcloud Desktop Client (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2023-28999](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28999/): Nextcloud: Lack of authenticity of metadata keys allows a malicious server to gain access to E2EE folders (medium 6.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-22472 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-22472 is a medium-severity vulnerability in nextcloud security-advisories, published on 9 Jan 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-22472 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: nextcloud security-advisories. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-22472/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-22472/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-22472
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-22472
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-22472

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-22472/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.