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Medium · 5.3 Public exploit CVE-2023-49792 EUVD-2023-53711

Bruteforce protection can be bypassed with misconfigured proxy

Published Dec 22, 2023 · Updated Aug 27, 2024 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Nextcloud Server provides data storage for Nextcloud, an open source cloud platform. In Nextcloud Server prior to versions 26.0.9 and 27.1.4; as well as Nextcloud Enterprise Server prior to versions 23.0.12.13, 24.0.12.9, 25.0.13.4, 26.0.9, and 27.1.4; when a (reverse) proxy is configured as trusted proxy the server could be tricked into reading a wrong remote address for an attacker, allowing them executing authentication attempts than intended. Nextcloud Server versions 26.0.9 and 27.1.4 and Nextcloud Enterprise Server versions 23.0.12.13, 24.0.12.9, 25.0.13.4, 26.0.9, and 27.1.4 contain a patch for this issue. No known workarounds are available.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
nextcloud security-advisories >= 23.0.0, < 23.0.12.13, >= 24.0.0, < 24.0.12.9, >= 25.0.0, < 25.0.13.4, >= 26.0.0, < 26.0.9, >= 27.0.0, < 27.1.4 —

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