CVE-2020-12803 — ODF documents can contain forms to be filled out by the user
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 w
Published
2020-06-08T15:43:09.400Z
Last modified
2024-09-16T22:25:46.168Z
01What is this vulnerability?
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…
02Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|
| The Document Foundation | LibreOffice | unspecified |
03Active exploitation status
Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.
04Recommended remediation
- Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
- Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
- Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.
05Technical details
For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.
06Detection signatures
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07Related CVEs
No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.
08Timeline
- Published: 2020-06-08T15:43:09.400Z
- Last modified: 2024-09-16T22:25:46.168Z
09References
- www.libreoffice.org — https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/CVE-2020-12803
- lists.fedoraproject.org — https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro…
- lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00042.html
- lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00058.html
- lists.debian.org — https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00026.html
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