CVE-2012-5336 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2012-5336?

CVE-2012-5336 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Owncloud Owncloud, published on 4 Jun 2014. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

lib/base.php in ownCloud before 4.0.8 does not properly validate the user_id session variable, which allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via vectors related to WebDAV.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-5336?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Owncloud Owncloud, Owncloud Owncloud Server.

How do I fix CVE-2012-5336?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-5336 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2012-5336 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-5336 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-7vw2-cghq-q23f.