CVE-2018-3781
A missing sanitization of search results for an autocomplete field in NextCloud Talk <3.2.5 could...
A missing sanitization of search results for an autocomplete field in NextCloud Talk <3.2.5 could lead to a stored XSS requiring user-interaction. The missing sanitization only affected user names, hence malicious search results could only be crafted by authenticated users.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
A missing sanitization of search results for an autocomplete field in NextCloud Talk <3.2.5 could lead to a stored XSS requiring user-interaction. The missing sanitization only affected user names, hence malicious search results could only be crafted by authenticated users.
- Record
CVE-2018-3781- CVSS 3.0
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 3.5 Low
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A missing sanitization of search results for an autocomplete field in NextCloud Talk <3.2.5 could lead to a stored XSS requiring user-interaction. The missing sanitization only affected user names, hence malicious search results could only be crafted by authenticated users.
- Record
CVE-2018-3781- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-15576 No score
A missing sanitization of search results for an autocomplete field in NextCloud Talk <3.2.5 could lead to a stored XSS requiring user-interaction. The missing sanitization only affected user names, hence malicious search results could only be crafted by authenticated users.
- Record
EUVD-2018-15576- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-86ww-pfxr-g767
A missing sanitization of search results for an autocomplete field in NextCloud Talk <3.2.5 could...
A missing sanitization of search results for an autocomplete field in NextCloud Talk <3.2.5 could lead to a stored XSS requiring user-interaction. The missing sanitization only affected user names, hence malicious search results could only be crafted by authenticated users.
- Record
GHSA-86ww-pfxr-g767- CVSS 3.0
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
A missing sanitization of search results for an autocomplete field in NextCloud Talk <3.2.5 could lead to a stored XSS requiring user-interaction. The missing sanitization only affected user names, hence malicious search results could only be crafted by authenticated users.
- Record
CVE-2018-3781- CVSS 3.0
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-3781 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Nextcloud Talk, published August 13, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.74%, the 54th percentile. No source names a fixed version.