CVE-2020-12803 (GCVE-0-2020-12803)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-06-08 15:43 – Updated: 2024-09-16 22:25
VLAI
Title
XForms submissions could overwrite local files
Summary
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.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • xforms submission target on local file system allowed
Assigner
Document Fdn. CNA
CNA scorecard C 75/100 over 21 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
The Document Foundation LibreOffice Affected: unspecified , < 6.4.4 (custom)
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Date Public
2020-06-08 00:00
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