Vulnerability · Published Mar 3, 2021 · Assigned by hackerone
CVE-2020-8296
Medium 6.7
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in Nextcloud Server. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 44% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.7Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 56.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Nextcloud Server prior to 20.0.0 stores passwords in a recoverable format even when external storage is not configured.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | Nextcloud Server | Fixed in 20.0.0 |
Weakness: CWE-257
References
- https://hackerone.com/reports/867164 x_refsource_MISC
- https://nextcloud.com/security/advisory/?id=NC-SA-2021-006 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/nextcloud/server/pull/21037 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/nextcloud/server/issues/17439 x_refsource_MISC
- FEDORA-2021-eac0e52f88 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA