VDB-66764 · CVE-2013-0303 · OpenVAS 801070

ownCloud up to 4.5.5 privilege escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in ownCloud. Impacted is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to privilege escalation. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2013-0303. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in ownCloud (Cloud Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privilege escalation vulnerability. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in core/ajax/translations.php in ownCloud before 4.0.12 and 4.5.x before 4.5.6 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary PHP code via unknown vectors. NOTE: this entry has been SPLIT due to different affected versions. The core/settings.php issue is covered by CVE-2013-7344.

The weakness was shared 03/24/2014 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at owncloud.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2013-0303 since 12/06/2012. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a simple authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 4.0.8 eliminates this vulnerability.

The entry VDB-66765 is related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

Cloud Software

Name

ownCloud

Version

License

open-source

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privilege escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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OpenVAS ID: 801070
OpenVAS Name: ownCloud PHP Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities Apr14
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

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Upgrade: ownCloud 4.0.8

Timelineinfo

12/06/2012 🔍
03/24/2014 +473 days 🔍
03/24/2014 +0 days 🔍
03/24/2015 +365 days 🔍
05/08/2026 +4063 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: owncloud.org
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2013-0303 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-0303
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-66764
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 15:54
Updated: 05/08/2026 21:21
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (47), 03/07/2019 21:09 (4), 03/31/2025 21:17 (19), 05/08/2026 21:21 (1)
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