CVE-2016-1498

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the OCS discovery provider component in ownCloud...

6.1 Medium

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the OCS discovery provider component in ownCloud Server before 7.0.12, 8.0.x before 8.0.10, 8.1.x before 8.1.5, and 8.2.x before 8.2.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors involving a URL.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: Low
Integrity: Low
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

1.09%Unchanged since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.1

Record: CVE-2016-1498
CVSS 3.0: 6.1 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.0: 4.3 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2016-1498
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2016-2596 No score

Record: EUVD-2016-2596
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vjwh-5g7w-qqh8 6.1

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the OCS discovery provider component in ownCloud...

Record: GHSA-vjwh-5g7w-qqh8
CVSS 3.0: 6.1 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV 6.1

Record: CVE-2016-1498
CVSS 3.0: 6.1 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVMGASA-2016-0040 No score

Updated owncloud packages fix security vulnerability

A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the OCS discovery provider in ownCloud Server before 8.0.10 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the URL resulting in a reflected Cross-Site-Scripting (CVE-2016-1498).

ownCloud Server before 8.0.10 allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information from a directory listing and possibly cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via the force parameter to index.php/apps/files/ajax/scan.php (CVE-2015-1499).

ownCloud Server before 8.0.10, when the "file_versions" application is enabled, does not properly check the return value of getOwner, which allows remote authenticated users to read the files with names starting with ".v" and belonging to a sharing user by leveraging an incoming share (CVE-2016-1500).

Record: MGASA-2016-0040
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`owncloud` Mageia:5 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 8.0.10-1.mga5	8.0.10-1.mga5

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 6, 2026	affected, facts
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2016-1498 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Owncloud, published January 8, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.09%, the 65th percentile. No source names a fixed version.