CVE-2021-32679

Filenames not escaped by default in controllers using DownloadResponse

State
Published
Severity
3.5 Low
Published
Jul 12, 2021
Updated
Aug 3, 2024
Reserved
May 12, 2021

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Description

Nextcloud Server is a Nextcloud package that handles data storage. In versions prior to 19.0.13, 20.0.11, and 21.0.3, filenames where not escaped by default in controllers using `DownloadResponse`. When a user-supplied filename was passed unsanitized into a `DownloadResponse`, this could be used to trick users into downloading malicious files with a benign file extension. This would show in UI behaviours where Nextcloud applications would display a benign file extension (e.g. JPEG), but the file will actually be downloaded with an executable file extension. The vulnerability is patched in versions 19.0.13, 20.0.11, and 21.0.3. Administrators of Nextcloud instances do not have a workaround available, but developers of Nextcloud apps may manually escape the file name before passing it into `DownloadResponse`.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.13.5 LowCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-116 Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

Affected Products

ProductVersions
security-advisoriesnextcloud
  • < 19.0.13Affected
  • >= 20.0.0, < 20.0.11Affected
  • >= 21.0.0, < 21.0.3Affected

References

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