Is CVE-2016-9465 actively exploited?

CVE-2016-9465 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-04-20.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2016-9465?

CVE-2016-9465 has a CVSS score of 5.4 (MEDIUM severity). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

How do I patch CVE-2016-9465?

Patch guidance is available from nextcloud security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2016-9465.

CVE-2016-9465 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2016-9465?

3 products: nextcloud nextcloud server, owncloud owncloud, owncloud owncloud.

Description

Nextcloud Server before 10.0.1 & ownCloud Server before 9.0.6 and 9.1.2 suffer from Stored XSS in CardDAV image export. The CardDAV image export functionality as implemented in Nextcloud/ownCloud allows the download of images stored within a vCard. Due to not performing any kind of verification on the image content this is prone to a stored Cross-Site Scripting attack.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector: network
Complexity: low
Privileges: low
User Action: required
Scope: changed
Confidentiality: low
Integrity: low
Availability: none
Weaknesses: CWE-79 · Cross-site Scripting (XSS)CWE-79 · Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

Metadata

Primary Vendor: NEXTCLOUD
Published: 3/28/2017
Last Modified: 4/20/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

CVE-2016-9465

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