🛡️ CVE-2023-2978 — pydio-cells

🟡 CVSS 4.6 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-639 NVD
4.6
CVSS Score
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Description

A vulnerability was found in Abstrium Pydio Cells 4.2.0. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Change Subscription Handler. The manipulation leads to authorization bypass. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 4.2.1 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. VDB-230210 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached from an adjacent network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity low, availability low.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-2978 is classified as CWE-639: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key. An object is selected by an identifier from the request without checking the caller owns it.

Affected software

CVE-2023-2978 is recorded against 3 packages.

  • github.com/pydio/cells
  • github.com/pydio/cells/v4
  • pydio-cells

Timeline and source

Published on 30 May 2023 and last revised on 3 March 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
popalltheshells.medium.com (Web)
pydio.com (Web)
vuldb.com (Web)
vuldb.com (Web)
github.com (Package)

Details

Severity Medium
CVSS Score 4.6
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
CWE CWE-639
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2023-05-30
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-03-03
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
github.com/pydio/cells — —
github.com/pydio/cells/v4 — —
pydio-cells — —

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