CVE-2025-66515 (GCVE-0-2025-66515)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-12-05 17:37
Modified
2025-12-05 18:10
Severity ?
2.7 (Low) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-287 - Improper Authentication
Summary
The Nextcloud Approval app allows approval or disapproval of files in the sidebar. Prior to 1.3.1 and 2.5.0, an authenticated user listed as a requester in a workflow can set another user’s file into the “pending approval” without access to the file by using the numeric file id. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.3.1 and 2.5.0.
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Vendor Product Version
nextcloud security-advisories Version: >= 2.0.0, < 2.5.0
Version: < 1.3.1
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