XForms submissions could overwrite local files (The Document Foundation LibreOffice)

CVE-2020-12803
MEDIUM 6.5

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 1.76 % Β· percentile 78 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Document Fdn.
NVD status
Modified

Description

ODF documents can contain forms to be filled out by the user. Similar to HTML forms, the contained form data can be submitted to a URI, for example, to an external web server. To create submittable forms, ODF implements the XForms W3C standard, which allows data to be submitted without the need for macros or other active scripting Prior to version 6.4.4 LibreOffice allowed forms to be submitted to any URI, including file: URIs, enabling form submissions to overwrite local files. User-interaction is required to submit the form, but to avoid the possibility of malicious documents engineered to maximize the possibility of inadvertent user submission this feature has now been limited to http[s] URIs, removing the possibility to overwrite local files. This issue affects: The Document Foundation LibreOffice versions prior to 6.4.4.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-20 β€” Improper Input Validation

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NNVD Β· nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:NNVD Β· nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
The Document Foundation Β· LibreOfficeaffected unspecified < 6.4.4

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST β€” attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA β€” reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain β€” this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD