CVE-2019-15618 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Missing escaping of HTML in the Updater of Nextcloud 15.0.5 allowed a reflected XSS when starting the updater from a malicious location.

Published: 2020-02-04

Score: 4.8 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

Nextcloud Server

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`15.0.6`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:nextcloud:nextcloud_server::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:nextcloud:nextcloud_server::::::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2019-6575	Missing escaping of HTML in the Updater of Nextcloud 15.0.5 allowed a reflected XSS when starting the updater from a malicious location.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00729.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://hackerone.com/reports/515484
https://nextcloud.com/security/advisory/?id=NC-SA-2020-007

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Nextcloud Nextcloud Server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: hackerone

Published: 2020-02-04T19:08:57.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T00:56:22.096Z

Reserved: 2019-08-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-15618

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-02-04T20:15:12.247

Modified: 2026-06-17T02:20:45.493

Link: CVE-2019-15618

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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