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Vulnerability details: VCID-9eny-v4h6-6bhb
Vulnerability ID VCID-9eny-v4h6-6bhb
Aliases CVE-2015-8756
GHSA-xx7m-8rq2-cw2v
Summary TYPO3 CMS indexed search Cross-site Scripting vulnerability Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the search result view in the Indexed Search (indexed_search) component in TYPO3 6.2.x before 6.2.16 allows remote authenticated editors to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.
Status Published
Exploitability None
Weighted Severity None
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.00227 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8756
cvssv3.1 5.4 https://github.com/TYPO3-CMS/indexed_search
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/TYPO3-CMS/indexed_search
cvssv3.1 5.4 https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/7e4bdf48988191043a65880c72190c4130c1f0e0
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/7e4bdf48988191043a65880c72190c4130c1f0e0
cvssv3.1 5.4 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8756
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8756
cvssv3.1 5.4 https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2015-015
generic_textual MODERATE https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2015-015
cvssv3.1 5.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20160624215319/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034486
generic_textual MODERATE https://web.archive.org/web/20160624215319/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034486
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8756
https://github.com/TYPO3-CMS/indexed_search
https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/7e4bdf48988191043a65880c72190c4130c1f0e0
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8756
https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2015-015
https://web.archive.org/web/20160624215319/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034486
GHSA-xx7m-8rq2-cw2v https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xx7m-8rq2-cw2v
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/TYPO3-CMS/indexed_search
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:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/7e4bdf48988191043a65880c72190c4130c1f0e0
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/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-2015-8756
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/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-2015-015
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:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://web.archive.org/web/20160624215319/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034486
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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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.45446
EPSS Score 0.00227
Published At June 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-01T12:28:07.775600+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-xx7m-8rq2-cw2v/GHSA-xx7m-8rq2-cw2v.json 36.1.3