6.1
MEDIUM
CVE-2016-9466
Nextcloud Server Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in Gallery Application
Description

Nextcloud Server before 10.0.1 & ownCloud Server before 9.0.6 and 9.1.2 suffer from Reflected XSS in the Gallery application. The gallery app was not properly sanitizing exception messages from the Nextcloud/ownCloud server. Due to an endpoint where an attacker could influence the error message, this led to a reflected Cross-Site-Scripting vulnerability.

INFO

Published Date :

March 28, 2017, 2:59 a.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 9, 2019, 11:20 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.7

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-9466 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Owncloud owncloud
1 Nextcloud nextcloud_server
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2016-9466.

URL Resource
https://github.com/nextcloud/gallery/commit/f9ef505c1d60c9041e251682e0f6b3daad952d58 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/owncloud/gallery/commit/b3b3772fb9bec61ba10d357bef42b676fa474eee Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/owncloud/gallery/commit/dc4887f1afcc0cf304f4a0694075c9364298ad8a Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/165686 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://nextcloud.com/security/advisory/?id=nc-sa-2016-009 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://owncloud.org/security/advisory/?id=oc-sa-2016-019 Patch Vendor Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-9466 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 09, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CWE HackerOne CWE-79
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 12, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:nextcloud:nextcloud:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 10.0.0 *cpe:2.3:a:owncloud:owncloud:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 9.0.5 *cpe:2.3:a:owncloud:owncloud:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 9.1.1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:nextcloud:nextcloud_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 10.0.0 up to (excluding) 10.0.1 *cpe:2.3:a:owncloud:owncloud:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.0.0 up to (excluding) 9.0.6 *cpe:2.3:a:owncloud:owncloud:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.1.0 up to (excluding) 9.1.2
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 30, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/owncloud/gallery/commit/b3b3772fb9bec61ba10d357bef42b676fa474eee No Types Assigned https://github.com/owncloud/gallery/commit/b3b3772fb9bec61ba10d357bef42b676fa474eee Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/owncloud/gallery/commit/dc4887f1afcc0cf304f4a0694075c9364298ad8a No Types Assigned https://github.com/owncloud/gallery/commit/dc4887f1afcc0cf304f4a0694075c9364298ad8a Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://nextcloud.com/security/advisory/?id=nc-sa-2016-009 No Types Assigned https://nextcloud.com/security/advisory/?id=nc-sa-2016-009 Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://hackerone.com/reports/165686 No Types Assigned https://hackerone.com/reports/165686 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://owncloud.org/security/advisory/?id=oc-sa-2016-019 No Types Assigned https://owncloud.org/security/advisory/?id=oc-sa-2016-019 Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/nextcloud/gallery/commit/f9ef505c1d60c9041e251682e0f6b3daad952d58 No Types Assigned https://github.com/nextcloud/gallery/commit/f9ef505c1d60c9041e251682e0f6b3daad952d58 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-79
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:nextcloud:nextcloud:10.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:a:owncloud:owncloud:9.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:a:owncloud:owncloud:9.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.18 }} 0.00%

score

0.53033

percentile

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