Cross-site scripting in Nextcloud Server & ownCloud Server Nextcloud Server before 10.0.1…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
Nextcloud Server before 10.0.1 & ownCloud Server before 9.0.6 and 9.1.2 suffer from Reflected XSS in the Gallery application. The gallery app was not properly sanitizing exception messages from the Nextcloud/ownCloud server. Due to an endpoint where an attacker could influence the error message, this led to a reflected Cross-Site-Scripting vulnerability.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Nextcloud Server & ownCloud Server Nextcloud Server before 10.0.1 & ownCloud Server before 9.0.6 and 9.1.2 | Nextcloud Server & ownCloud Server Nextcloud Server before 10.0.1 & ownCloud Server before 9.0.6 and 9.1.2 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Nextcloud Server & ownCloud Server Nextcloud Server before 10.0.1 & ownCloud Server before 9.0.6 and 9.1.2 Vendor— Affected Nextcloud Server & ownCloud Server Nextcloud Server before 10.0.1 & ownCloud Server before 9.0.6 and 9.1.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-9466
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m5x2-59hv-phpr
References
Exploit 1
Patch 5
- https://nextcloud.com/security/advisory/?id=nc-sa-2016-009
- https://github.com/nextcloud/gallery/commit/f9ef505c1d60c9041e251682e0f6b3daad952d58
- https://owncloud.org/security/advisory/?id=oc-sa-2016-019
- https://github.com/owncloud/gallery/commit/dc4887f1afcc0cf304f4a0694075c9364298ad8a
- https://github.com/owncloud/gallery/commit/b3b3772fb9bec61ba10d357bef42b676fa474eee
Sources
- CVE-2016-9466 · CVE Program
- CVE-2016-9466 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-m5x2-59hv-phpr · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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