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CVE-2012-5607

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-12-18 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-255

Description

The "Lost Password" reset functionality in ownCloud before 4.0.9 and 4.5.0 does not properly check the security token, which allows remote attackers to change an accounts password via unspecified vectors related to a "Remote Timing Attack."

Affected products

• Owncloud: through 4.0.8
• ownCloud: 3.0.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 4.0.0, 4.0.1 (+7)

References

• http://owncloud.org/changelog/
• http://owncloud.org/security/advisories/oc-sa-2012-002/
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/30/3
• https://github.com/owncloud/core/commit/99cd922
• http://owncloud.org/changelog/
• http://owncloud.org/security/advisories/oc-sa-2012-002/
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/30/3
• https://github.com/owncloud/core/commit/99cd922

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