CVE-2023-45660 Require strict cookies for image proxy requests in Nextcloud Mail

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

Attackers can abuse the image proxy endpoint to cause denial of service on third-party servers due to missing origin and cookie checks.

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-2023-45660?

CVE-2023-45660 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in nextcloud security-advisories, published on 16 Oct 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Nextcloud mail is an email app for the Nextcloud home server platform. In affected versions a missing check of origin, target and cookies allows for an attacker to abuse the proxy endpoint to denial of service a third server. It is recommended that the Nextcloud Mail is upgraded to 2.2.8 or 3.3.0. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-918

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-45660?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Nextcloud Mail.

How do I fix CVE-2023-45660?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-45660 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and send outbound requests through an allow-list that blocks internal addresses. More about Server-side request forgery.

Is CVE-2023-45660 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-45660 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-8j9x-fmww-qr37.

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