What is CVE-2016-9468?

CVE-2016-9468 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nextcloud Server, classified under User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2017-03-28.

How severe is CVE-2016-9468?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Nextcloud Server

CVE-2016-9468

Nextcloud Server before 9.0.54 and 10.0.1 & ownCloud Server before 9.0.6 and 9.1.2 suffer from content spoofing in the dav app. The exception message displayed on the DAV endpoints contained partially user-controllable input leading to a potential misrepresentation of information.

Published 2017-03-28 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.021 (80.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 81st percentile — 80.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.021 · newest: 0.021 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Nextcloud Server
ownCloud
Nextcloud Server & ownCloud Before 9.0.54 And 10.0.1 9.0.6 9.1.2 — versions Nextcloud Server & ownCloud Server Nextcloud Server before 9.0.54 and 10.0.1 & ownCloud Server before 9.0.6 and 9.1.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

owncloud.org/security/advisory/ (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
github.com/nextcloud/server/commit/a4cfb3ddc1f4cdb585e05c0e9b2f8e52a0e2ee3e (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
github.com/nextcloud/server/commit/7350e13113c8ed484727a5c25331ec11d4d59f5f (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
github.com/owncloud/core/commit/96b8afe48570bc70088ccd8f897e9d71997d336e (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
hackerone.com/reports/149798 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/owncloud/core/commit/bcc6c39ad8c22a00323a114e9c1a0a834983fb35 (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
nextcloud.com/security/advisory/ (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-9468?: CVE-2016-9468 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nextcloud Server, classified under User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2017-03-28.
How severe is CVE-2016-9468?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.