Nextcloud Server before 9.0.52 & ownCloud Server before 9.0.4 are vulnerable to a content-spoofing attack in the files app.
Nextcloud 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.
- Published
- Mar 27, 2017
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 1.7% · 76th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-451
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Report tools
Action score
22
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 21 / 40 · 5.3 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 1 / 30 · 1.7%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| nextcloud | nextcloud | cpe:2.3:a:nextcloud:nextcloud |
| owncloud | owncloud | cpe:2.3:a:owncloud:owncloud |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- nextcloud nextcloudup to 9.0.51 inclusive
- owncloud owncloudup to 9.0.3 inclusive
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (hackerone). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
n/a Nextcloud Server & ownCloud Server Nextcloud Server before 9.0.52 & ownCloud Server before 9.0.4
- Nextcloud Server & ownCloud Server Nextcloud Server before 9.0.52 & ownCloud Server before 9.0.4affected
Same product
nextcloud: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
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- CVE-2021-43863SQL Injection in FileContentProvider (GHSL-2021-1007)31Monitor
- CVE-2021-32727End-to-end encryption device setup did not verify public key30Monitor
- CVE-2023-28647App pin of the iOS app can be bypassed in Nextcloud iOS27Monitor
- CVE-2019-5455Bypassing lock protection exists in Nextcloud Android app 3.6.0 when creating a multi-account and aborting the process.27Monitor
- CVE-2019-5450Improper sanitization of HTML in directory names in the Nextcloud Android app prior to version 3.7.0 allowed to style the directory name in 27Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- low · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- none
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- Low
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-451 · User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical InformationCVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
- Internal SpearfishingT1534
- PhishingT1566
- Phishing: Spearfishing AttachmentT1566.001
- Phishing: Spearfishing LinkT1566.002
- Phishing: Spearfishing via ServiceT1566.003
- Phishing for InformationT1598
- Phishing for Information: Spearfishing ServiceT1598.001
- Phishing for Information: Spearfishing AttachmentT1598.002
- Phishing for Information: Spearfishing LinkT1598.003
Noroxi analysis
No Noroxi analysis for this record yet
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We use this product, ask for helpChange log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/97282
- github.com/nextcloud/server/commit/2da43e3751576bbc838f238a09955c4dcdebee8e
- github.com/nextcloud/server/commit/8aa0832bd449c44ec300da4189bd8ed4e036140c
- github.com/nextcloud/server/commit/dea8e29289a1b99d5e889627c2e377887f4f2983
- github.com/owncloud/core/commit/c92c234059f8b1dc7d53122985ec0d398895a2cf
- nextcloud.com/security/advisory/?id=nc-sa-2016-003
- owncloud.org/security/advisory/?id=oc-sa-2016-013
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.