CVE-2020-8278
Improper access control in Nextcloud Social app version 0.3.1 allowed to read posts of any user.
Improper access control in Nextcloud Social app version 0.3.1 allowed to read posts of any user.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Improper access control in Nextcloud Social app version 0.3.1 allowed to read posts of any user.
- Record
CVE-2020-8278- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-284, CWE-863
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Improper access control in Nextcloud Social app version 0.3.1 allowed to read posts of any user.
- Record
CVE-2020-8278- Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-29146 No score
Improper access control in Nextcloud Social app version 0.3.1 allowed to read posts of any user.
- Record
EUVD-2020-29146- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hcc7-mq5f-p6fm No score
Improper access control in Nextcloud Social app version 0.3.1 allowed to read posts of any user.
Improper access control in Nextcloud Social app version 0.3.1 allowed to read posts of any user.
- Record
GHSA-hcc7-mq5f-p6fm- Weakness
- CWE-863
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-8278 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Nextcloud Social, published November 19, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.02%, the 63rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.