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ownCloud Cross-Site Scripting and Security Bypass Vulnerabilities

Last Update Date: 8 Aug 2013 Release Date: 7 Aug 2013 3812 Views

RISK: Medium Risk

TYPE: Servers - Web Servers

TYPE: Web Servers
Two vulnerabilities have been identified in ownCloud, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks and bypass certain security restrictions.
  1. An error within "user_webdavauth" can be exploited to bypass authorisation and gain access to otherwise restricted functionality.
  2. Certain unspecified input is not properly sanitised in "Share Interface" before being returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site.

Impact

  • Cross-Site Scripting
  • Security Restriction Bypass

System / Technologies affected

  • Versions prior to 5.0.8.

Solutions

Before installation of the software, please visit the software manufacturer web-site for more details.

  • Update to version 5.0.8 or later.

Vulnerability Identifier

  • No CVE information is available

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