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

- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.2.8, 3.3.0
- Published: 2023-10-16 · Updated: 2024-09-13

## Affected

- nextcloud security-advisories: from 2.0.0, fixed in 2.2.8; from 3.0.0, fixed in 3.3.0

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on nextcloud security-advisories, upgrade to a fixed version (2.2.8, 3.3.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/nextcloud/security-advisories/security/advisories/GHSA-8j9x-fmww-qr37
- https://github.com/nextcloud/mail/pull/8459
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1895874

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