Every CVE Search/ Get API key

CVE-2016-1500

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,...

3.1 Low

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, 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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

0.85%Down 0.2 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 3.1

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, 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.

Record
CVE-2016-1500
CVSS 3.0
3.1 LowCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0
3.5 LowAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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, 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.

Record
CVE-2016-1500
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-2598 No score

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, 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.

Record
EUVD-2016-2598
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-43jc-34rg-43q9 3.1

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,...

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, 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.

Record
GHSA-43jc-34rg-43q9
CVSS 3.0
3.1 LowCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 3.1

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, 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.

Record
CVE-2016-1500
CVSS 3.0
3.1 LowCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/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
PackageAffectedFixed
owncloud
Mageia:5
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 8.0.10-1.mga5
8.0.10-1.mga5

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

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

In short

CVE-2016-1500 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 3.1) in Owncloud, published January 8, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.85%, the 58th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

MoveEnter Open