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CVE-2013-0299

6.8 · MEDIUM

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in ownCloud before 4.0.12 and 4.5.x before 4.5.7 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users for requests that (1) change…

Published Mar 14, 2014owncloudCWE-352EPSS 0.61%

Overview

CVE-2013-0299 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting owncloud owncloud. It was published on March 14, 2014 and has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 6.8 (MEDIUM).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 6.8, rated MEDIUM. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

Technical description

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in ownCloud before 4.0.12 and 4.5.x before 4.5.7 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users for requests that (1) change the timezone for the user via the lat and lng parameters to apps/calendar/ajax/settings/guesstimezone.php, (2) disable or enable the automatic timezone detection via the timezonedetection parameter to apps/calendar/ajax/settings/timezonedetection.php, (3) import user accounts via the admin_export parameter to apps/admin_migrate/settings.php, (4) overwrite user files via the operation parameter to apps/user_migrate/ajax/export.php, or (5) change the authentication server URL via unspecified vectors to apps/user_ldap/settings.php.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from owncloud. Update owncloud to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsStatus
owncloudowncloud0Affected

References

Refowncloud.org/about/security/advisories/oC-SA-2013-004/Refowncloud.org/about/security/advisories/oC-SA-2013-004/

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-0299?

CVE-2013-0299 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting owncloud owncloud. It was published on March 14, 2014 and has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 6.8 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2013-0299?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 6.8, rated MEDIUM. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2013-0299?

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from owncloud. Update owncloud to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

How can CyberStrike help with CVE-2013-0299?

CyberStrike is an open-source, AI-augmented pentesting engine. Rather than flag a version number, it tests whether an issue like CVE-2013-0299 is actually reachable in your own applications and APIs, then verifies each finding before reporting it. That tells you if the weakness is a real, exploitable risk in your environment or a false positive you can safely deprioritize.

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