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CVE-2023-25161

Nextcloud Server's missing rate limiting on password reset functionality allows sending lots of emails

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 24.0.8, 23.0.2
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

Nextcloud Server is the file server software for Nextcloud, a self-hosted productivity platform. Nextcloud Server and Nextcloud Enterprise Server prior to versions 25.0.1 24.0.8, and 23.0.12 missing rate limiting on password reset functionality. This could result in service slowdown, storage overflow, or cost impact when using external email services. Users should upgrade to Nextcloud Server 25.0.1, 24.0.8, or 23.0.12 or Nextcloud Enterprise Server 25.0.1, 24.0.8, or 23.0.12 to receive a patch. No known workarounds are available.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • nextcloud security-advisories

    From 24.0.0 · fixed in 24.0.8; fixed in 23.0.2

References 3

GitHub · nextcloud/security-advisories

GitHub · nextcloud/server

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