Vulnerability · Published Aug 21, 2020 · Assigned by hackerone

CVE-2020-8189

Medium 5.4

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Desktop Client. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.4% (higher than 73% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.4%top 27.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A cross-site scripting error in Nextcloud Desktop client 2.6.4 allowed to present any html (including local links) when responding with invalid data on the login attempt.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12nextcloud-desktop3.0.1-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-8189
Debian:13nextcloud-desktop3.0.1-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-8189
Debian:14nextcloud-desktop3.0.1-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-8189

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a Desktop Client 2.6.5

Weakness: CWE-79

References