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CVE-2024-52508

Nextcloud Mail auto configurator can be tricked into sending account information to wrong servers

Published: Nov 15, 2024Updated: Oct 1, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-200
NVD MITRE
8.2CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
0.7%
Top 51.8%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Nextcloud Mail is the mail app for Nextcloud, a self-hosted productivity platform. When a user is trying to set up a mail account with an email address like user@example.tld that does not support auto configuration, and an attacker managed to register autoconfig.tld, the used email details would be send to the server of the attacker. It is recommended that the Nextcloud Mail app is upgraded to 1.14.6, 1.15.4, 2.2.11, 3.6.3, 3.7.7 or 4.0.0.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:HPR:NUI:RS:CC:HI:HA:L
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:LAvailability
Low
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Weaknesses

CWE-200NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

mailnextcloud
On-prem
Cloud & SaaS / saas-application
security-advisoriesnextcloud
SaaSSaaS Service
Cloud & SaaS / saas-application
РЕД ОСООО «Ред Софт»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Nextcloud mailNextcloud GmbH
SaaS
Cloud & SaaS / saas-application
nextcloudoss-projectDECloud & SaaSaka nextcloud server
ооо «ред софт»commercialRUOperating Systemsaka red soft
nextcloud gmbhcommercialDECloud & SaaSaka nextcloud server, nextcloud enterprise server, nextcloud calendar

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

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References

https://github.com/nextcloud/mail/commit/a84c70e15d814dab6f0e8eda71bbaaf48152079b
github.com
https://github.com/nextcloud/mail/pull/9964
github.com
https://github.com/nextcloud/security-advisories/security/advisories/GHSA-vmhx-hwph-q6mc
github.com
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Timeline

Published
Nov 15, 2024
Last Updated
Oct 1, 2025

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