Deck Desktop Client RCE via Malicious Deep Link, pre3.6.2
CVE-2023-22472 Published on January 9, 2023
Nextcloud Deck Desktop Client is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) via malicious link
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 Analysis
CVE-2023-22472 is exploitable with local system access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be low. considered to have a small impact on confidentiality and integrity and availability.
Weakness Type
What is a Session Riding Vulnerability?
The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. When a web server is designed to receive a request from a client without any mechanism for verifying that it was intentionally sent, then it might be possible for an attacker to trick a client into making an unintentional request to the web server which will be treated as an authentic request. This can be done via a URL, image load, XMLHttpRequest, etc. and can result in exposure of data or unintended code execution.
CVE-2023-22472 has been classified to as a Session Riding vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2023-22472
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Affected Versions
nextcloud security-advisories Version <= 3.6.1 is affected by CVE-2023-22472Exploit Probability
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