CVE-2016-9465 Cross-site scripting in Nextcloud Server & ownCloud Server Nextcloud Server before 10.0.1 & ownCloud Server before 9.0.6 and 9.1.2
Attackers can execute arbitrary scripts in victim browsers via malicious images in CardDAV exports, affecting Nextcloud and ownCloud server users.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-9465?
CVE-2016-9465 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Nextcloud Nextcloud Server, published on 28 Mar 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Nextcloud Server before 10.0.1 & ownCloud Server before 9.0.6 and 9.1.2 suffer from Stored XSS in CardDAV image export. The CardDAV image export functionality as implemented in Nextcloud/ownCloud allows the download of images stored within a vCard. Due to not performing any kind of verification on the image content this is prone to a stored Cross-Site Scripting attack.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-9465?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Nextcloud Nextcloud Server, Owncloud Owncloud.
How do I fix CVE-2016-9465?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-9465 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-2016-9465 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-9465 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-8r58-88c9-cfv7.