ownCloud up to 5.0.5 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in ownCloud up to 5.0.5. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2013-2048. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in ownCloud up to 5.0.5 (Cloud Software) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

ownCloud before 5.0.6 does not properly check permissions, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary API commands via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this can be leveraged using CSRF to allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary API commands.

The weakness was shared 03/14/2014 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at owncloud.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2013-2048 since 02/19/2013. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a simple authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 66875 (FreeBSD : owncloud -- Multiple security vulnerabilities (d7a43ee6-d2d5-11e2-9894-002590082ac6)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks.

Upgrading to version 5.0.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (66875), SecurityFocus (BID 59875†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-41755†). The entries VDB-66664, VDB-66662, VDB-66661 and VDB-66660 are related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 66875
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : owncloud -- Multiple security vulnerabilities (d7a43ee6-d2d5-11e2-9894-002590082ac6)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: ownCloud 5.0.0

Timelineinfo

02/19/2013 🔍
05/14/2013 +84 days 🔍
10/02/2013 +141 days 🔍
03/14/2014 +163 days 🔍
03/14/2014 +0 days 🔍
03/24/2015 +375 days 🔍
05/08/2026 +4063 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: owncloud.org
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-2048 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-2048
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-66659
SecurityFocus: 59875
Vulnerability Center: 41755 - ownCloud Server <5.0.6 Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 15:54
Updated: 05/08/2026 06:42
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (58), 05/12/2017 11:17 (2), 02/03/2022 17:11 (3), 03/31/2025 21:08 (17), 05/08/2026 06:42 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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