CVE-2023-2978
Abstrium Pydio Cells Change Subscription authorization
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- VulDB
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.
Public exploit
A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit or proof of concept: anyone can try it against an unpatched system.
Timeline
ID reserved
By VulDB
Published
- 14 months later
· 14 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium4.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Medium4.6 | CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 2.0 | Medium4.1 | AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.73% · top 46% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected 4.2.0
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Gogithub.com/pydio/cellsGHSA-mv7x-27pc-8c96 (opens in a new tab)
References (4)
- https://vuldb.com/?id.230210 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrytechnical-descriptionx_transferred
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.230210 (opens in a new tab)signaturepermissions-requiredx_transferred
- https://pydio.com/en/community/releases/pydio-cells/pydio-cells-enterprise-421 (opens in a new tab)patchx_transferred
- https://popalltheshells.medium.com/multiple-cves-affecting-pydio-cells-4-2-0-321e7e4712be (opens in a new tab)exploitx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-mv7x-27pc-8c96 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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