CVE-2021-32679CWE-116

Filenames not escaped by default in controllers using DownloadResponse

Low · published July 12, 2021

CVSS v3.1
3.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
71.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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`.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
3.5 · LOW
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01370 · 71.7th percentile
Weakness
CWE-116 · Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output
Published
2021-07-12T12:50Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 12 JUL 12:50Z
    Filenames not escaped by default in controllers using DownloadResponse
    cvelistv5