6.5

CVE-2023-23944: nextcloud mail

CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumModified
Published 06-02-2023Last modified 10-03-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-23944 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in nextcloud mail. EPSS estimates a 0.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.47%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 06-02-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 10-03-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Nextcloud mail is an email app for the nextcloud home server platform. In versions prior to 2.2.2 user's passwords were stored in cleartext in the database during the duration of OAuth2 setup procedure. Any attacker or malicious user with access to the database would have access to these user passwords until the OAuth setup has been completed. It is recommended that the Nextcloud Mail app is upgraded to 2.2.2. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.47%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

40%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.47% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.47%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Nextcloud2 products

1 vendor · 2 products

References

3 links