THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2023-32749
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2023-32749

Cells vulnerability

CVSS
8.8
EPSS
14.2%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
Pydio Cells allows users by default to create so-called external users in order to share files with them. By modifying the HTTP request sent when creating such an external user, it is possible to assign the new user arbitrary roles. By assigning all roles to a newly created user, access to all cells and non-personal workspaces is granted.
Affected vendor
Pydio
Affected product
Cells
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-863 — Incorrect Authorization
Published
2023-06-08

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 14.2% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2023-32749

  • Confirm whether Pydio Cells is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2023-32749.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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