CVE-2024-52520 (GCVE-0-2024-52520)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-11-15 16:41 – Updated: 2024-11-15 17:01
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Nextcloud Server's link reference provider can be tricked into downloading bigger files than intended
Summary
Nextcloud Server is a self hosted personal cloud system. Due to a pre-flighted HEAD request, the link reference provider could be tricked into downloading bigger websites than intended, to find open-graph data. It is recommended that the Nextcloud Server is upgraded to 28.0.10 or 29.0.7 and Nextcloud Enterprise Server is upgraded to 27.1.11.8, 28.0.10 or 29.0.7.
Severity
5.7 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-11-15 17:00 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/nextcloud/security-advisories/… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/nextcloud/server/pull/47627 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/nextcloud/server/commit/873c42… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nextcloud | security-advisories |
Affected:
>= 28.0.0, < 28.0.10
Affected: >= 29.0.0, < 29.0.7 |
guessed |
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