CVE-2024-22401 All users can reset the allowed apps list for Nextcloud Guest App users
Guest users can improperly modify the allowed apps list, bypassing intended restrictions on available applications.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-22401?
CVE-2024-22401 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in nextcloud security-advisories, published on 18 Jan 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Nextcloud guests app is a utility to create guest users which can only see files shared with them. In affected versions users could change the allowed list of apps, allowing them to use apps that were not intended to be used. It is recommended that the Guests app is upgraded to 2.4.1, 2.5.1 or 3.0.1. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
Weakness: CWE-281
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-22401?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nextcloud Guests.
How do I fix CVE-2024-22401?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-22401 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-2024-22401 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-22401 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in nextcloud security-advisories
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wr87-hx3w-29hh.