CVE-2021-41256
MEDIUMnextcloud news-android < 0.9.9.63 - Unauthenticated Intent Reflection to Content Provider Access
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/nextcloud/news-android/security/advisories/GHSA-2q9v-q3cc-h9f3
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/nextcloud/news-android/commit/05449cb666059af7de2302df9d5c02997a23df85
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/nextcloud/news-android/blob/master/security/GHSL-2021-1033_Nextcloud_News_for_Android.md
Scores
CVSS v3
5.8
EPSS
0.0108
EPSS Percentile
60.5%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-829
Status
published
Products (1)
nextcloud/news
< 0.9.9.63
Published
Nov 30, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026