CVE-2012-2398 Cross-site scripting in n/a

What is CVE-2012-2398?

CVE-2012-2398 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Owncloud Owncloud, published on 20 Apr 2012. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in files/ajax/download.php in ownCloud before 3.0.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the files parameter, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-2269.4.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-2398?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Owncloud Owncloud, Owncloud Owncloud Server.

How do I fix CVE-2012-2398?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-2398 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2012-2398 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-2398 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2021-35946 Privilege escalation in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2014-2052 XML external entity in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2014-2048 Auth bypass in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-28645 Path traversal in n/a Critical 9.1
• CVE-2015-4718 Command injection in n/a Critical 9.0

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-rfc4-934j-4c97.