What is CVE-2023-22472?

CVE-2023-22472 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nextcloud Desktop, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-01-09.

How severe is CVE-2023-22472?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

CSRF in Nextcloud Desktop

CVE-2023-22472

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.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

EPSS: 0.002 (10.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Nextcloud Desktop — versions 3.6.1
Nextcloud Security-advisories — versions <= 3.6.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
security-advisories@github.com (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-22472?: CVE-2023-22472 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nextcloud Desktop, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-01-09.
How severe is CVE-2023-22472?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.