CVE-2016-9460

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-9460
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerhackerone
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-03-28 02:59:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionNextcloud Server before 9.0.52 & ownCloud Server before 9.0.4 are vulnerable to a content-spoofing attack in the files app. The location bar in the files app was not verifying the passed parameters. An attacker could craft an invalid link to a fake directory structure and use this to display an attacker-controlled error message to the user.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 5.3 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-451 | CWE-284 | CWE-451 User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information (CWE-451)

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary5.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
2.0[email protected]Primary5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Nextcloud Nextcloud All All All All
Application Owncloud Owncloud All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na Nextcloud Server OwnCloud Server Nextcloud Server Before 9.0.52 OwnCloud Server Before 9.0.4 affected Nextcloud Server & ownCloud Server Nextcloud Server before 9.0.52 & ownCloud Server before 9.0.4 Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Advisories – ownCloud af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 owncloud.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
HackerOne af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 hackerone.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Match on 405 · nextcloud/server@dea8e29 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
ownCloud and NextCloud CVE-2016-9460 Content Spoofing Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Ignore invalid paths in the JS file list (#25368) · owncloud/core@c92c234 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
advisory – Nextcloud af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 nextcloud.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Match for /../ · nextcloud/server@8aa0832 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Do not allow directory traversal using "../" · nextcloud/server@2da43e3 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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