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Vulnerability details: VCID-7kjw-j8st-mqfr
Vulnerability ID VCID-7kjw-j8st-mqfr
Aliases CVE-2020-11065
GHSA-4j77-gg36-9864
Summary Cross-Site Scripting in TYPO3 CMS Link Handling It has been discovered that link tags generated by `typolink` functionality are vulnerable to cross-site scripting - properties being assigned as HTML attributes have not been parsed correctly. Update to TYPO3 versions 9.5.17 or 10.4.2 that fix the problem described. ### References * https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2020-003
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.00206 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-11065
epss 0.00206 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-11065
epss 0.00206 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-11065
epss 0.00206 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-11065
epss 0.00206 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-11065
epss 0.00206 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-11065
epss 0.00206 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-11065
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4j77-gg36-9864
cvssv3.1 5.4 https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/typo3/cms-core/CVE-2020-11065.yaml
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/typo3/cms-core/CVE-2020-11065.yaml
cvssv3.1 5.4 https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/typo3/cms/CVE-2020-11065.yaml
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/typo3/cms/CVE-2020-11065.yaml
cvssv3.1 5.4 https://github.com/TYPO3/TYPO3.CMS/security/advisories/GHSA-4j77-gg36-9864
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/TYPO3/TYPO3.CMS/security/advisories/GHSA-4j77-gg36-9864
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/TYPO3/TYPO3.CMS/security/advisories/GHSA-4j77-gg36-9864
cvssv3.1 5.4 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11065
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11065
cvssv3.1 5.4 https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2020-003
generic_textual MODERATE https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2020-003
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-11065
https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/typo3/cms-core/CVE-2020-11065.yaml
https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/typo3/cms/CVE-2020-11065.yaml
https://github.com/TYPO3/TYPO3.CMS/security/advisories/GHSA-4j77-gg36-9864
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11065
https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2020-003
GHSA-4j77-gg36-9864 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4j77-gg36-9864
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/typo3/cms-core/CVE-2020-11065.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/typo3/cms/CVE-2020-11065.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/TYPO3/TYPO3.CMS/security/advisories/GHSA-4j77-gg36-9864
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11065
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2020-003
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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adjacent_network

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.42773
EPSS Score 0.00206
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:00:31.611831+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2020/05/GHSA-4j77-gg36-9864/GHSA-4j77-gg36-9864.json 38.0.0