Vulnerabilities > CVE-2023-32749 - Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in Pydio Cells
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
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.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://www.redteam-pentesting.de/en/advisories/-advisories-publicised-vulnerability-analyses
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172645/Pydio-Cells-4.1.2-Privilege-Escalation.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/May/18
- https://www.redteam-pentesting.de/en/advisories/rt-sa-2023-003/-pydio-cells-unauthorised-role-assignments