Improper Certificate Validation in Nextcloud Social app - CVE-2020-8279

 

Improper Certificate Validation in Nextcloud Social app - CVE-2020-8279

Published: November 19, 2020 / Updated: November 27, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU48605
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-8279
CWE-ID: CWE-295
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a man-in-the-middle (MitM) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to missing validation of server certificates for out-going connections. A remote attacker can perform a MitM attack on the target system.


Affected software

Nextcloud Social app

How to mitigate CVE-2020-8279

Install updates from vendor's website.

Nextcloud Social app - update to 0.4.0

External References

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