CVE-2024-52508
Nextcloud Mail auto configurator can be tricked into sending account information to wrong servers
Nextcloud Mail is the mail app for Nextcloud, a self-hosted productivity platform. When a user is trying to set up a mail account with an email address like [email protected] that does not support auto configuration, and an attacker managed to register autoconfig.tld, the used email details would be send to the server of the attacker. It is recommended that the Nextcloud Mail app is upgraded to 1.14.6, 1.15.4, 2.2.11, 3.6.3, 3.7.7 or 4.0.0.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Nextcloud Mail auto configurator can be tricked into sending account information to wrong servers
Nextcloud Mail is the mail app for Nextcloud, a self-hosted productivity platform. When a user is trying to set up a mail account with an email address like [email protected] that does not support auto configuration, and an attacker managed to register autoconfig.tld, the used email details would be send to the server of the attacker. It is recommended that the Nextcloud Mail app is upgraded to 1.14.6, 1.15.4, 2.2.11, 3.6.3, 3.7.7 or 4.0.0.
- Record
CVE-2024-52508- CVSS 3.1
- 8.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-45922
Nextcloud Mail is the mail app for Nextcloud, a self-hosted productivity platform. When a user is trying to set up a mail account with an email address like [email protected] that does not support auto configuration, and an attacker managed to register autoconfig.tld, the used email details would be send to the server of the attacker. It is recommended that the Nextcloud Mail app is upgraded to 1.14.6, 1.15.4, 2.2.11, 3.6.3, 3.7.7 or 4.0.0.
- Record
EUVD-2024-45922- CVSS 3.1
- 8.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-03
NVD
Nextcloud Mail is the mail app for Nextcloud, a self-hosted productivity platform. When a user is trying to set up a mail account with an email address like [email protected] that does not support auto configuration, and an attacker managed to register autoconfig.tld, the used email details would be send to the server of the attacker. It is recommended that the Nextcloud Mail app is upgraded to 1.14.6, 1.15.4, 2.2.11, 3.6.3, 3.7.7 or 4.0.0.
- Record
CVE-2024-52508- CVSS 3.1
- 8.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L - CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Nextcloud Mail auto configurator can be tricked into sending account information to wrong servers
Nextcloud Mail is the mail app for Nextcloud, a self-hosted productivity platform. When a user is trying to set up a mail account with an email address like [email protected] that does not support auto configuration, and an attacker managed to register autoconfig.tld, the used email details would be send to the server of the attacker. It is recommended that the Nextcloud Mail app is upgraded to 1.14.6, 1.15.4, 2.2.11, 3.6.3, 3.7.7 or 4.0.0.
- Record
CVE-2024-52508- CVSS 3.1
- 8.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-52508 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.2) in Nextcloud Mail, published November 15, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.75%, the 55th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
github.com/nextcloud/security-advisories/security/advisories/GHSA-vmhx-hwph-q6mc
hackerone.com/reports/2508422
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-52508