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Vulnerability details: VCID-nnxd-zjsh-wqbp
Vulnerability ID VCID-nnxd-zjsh-wqbp
Aliases GHSA-wp8j-c736-c5r3
Summary TYPO3 Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability Exploitable by Editors It has been discovered that link tags generated by typolink functionality in the website's frontend are vulnerable to cross-site scripting - values being assigned to HTML attributes have not been parsed correctly. A valid backend user account is needed to exploit this vulnerability. As second and separate vulnerability in the filelist module of the backend user interface has been referenced with this advisory as well. Error messages being shown after using a malicious name for renaming a file are not propery encoded, thus vulnerable to cross-site scripting. A valid backend user account is needed to exploit this vulnerability.
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-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
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wp8j-c736-c5r3
cvssv3.1 5.4 https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/typo3/cms/2015-07-01-3.yaml
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/typo3/cms/2015-07-01-3.yaml
cvssv3.1 5.4 https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3
cvssv3.1 5.4 https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/7695d91fca1a96a3a3e7466097ae92c32b1130d8
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/7695d91fca1a96a3a3e7466097ae92c32b1130d8
cvssv3.1 5.4 https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/d7feb40c8d277c6b6ab3a548313be1e1a2084299
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/d7feb40c8d277c6b6ab3a548313be1e1a2084299
cvssv3.1 5.4 https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2015-004
generic_textual MODERATE https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2015-004
cvssv3.1 5.4 https://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-core/typo3-core-sa-2015-004
generic_textual MODERATE https://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-core/typo3-core-sa-2015-004
Reference id Reference type URL
https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/typo3/cms/2015-07-01-3.yaml
https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3
https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/7695d91fca1a96a3a3e7466097ae92c32b1130d8
https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/d7feb40c8d277c6b6ab3a548313be1e1a2084299
https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2015-004
https://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-core/typo3-core-sa-2015-004
GHSA-wp8j-c736-c5r3 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wp8j-c736-c5r3
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/2015-07-01-3.yaml
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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
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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/commit/7695d91fca1a96a3a3e7466097ae92c32b1130d8
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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/commit/d7feb40c8d277c6b6ab3a548313be1e1a2084299
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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-2015-004
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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/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-core/typo3-core-sa-2015-004
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No EPSS data available for this vulnerability.

Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-01T12:11:34.977660+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2024/05/GHSA-wp8j-c736-c5r3/GHSA-wp8j-c736-c5r3.json 36.1.3