CVE-2021-41256
low-risk
Published 2021-11-30
nextcloud news-android is an Android client for the Nextcloud news/feed reader app. In affected versions the Nextcloud News for Android app has a security issue by which a malicious application installed on the same device can send it an arbitrary Intent that gets reflected back, unintentionally giving read and write access to non-exported Content Providers in Nextcloud News for Android. Users should upgrade to version 0.9.9.63 or higher as soon as possible.
Do I need to act?
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0.38% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
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5
CVSS 5.8/10
Medium
LOCAL
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (1)
News
Affected Vendors
References (6)
25
/ 100
low-risk
Severity
19/34 · Moderate
Exploitability
1/34 · Minimal
Exposure
5/34 · Minimal