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Vulnerability details: VCID-rg5d-d8nc-9qfu
Vulnerability ID VCID-rg5d-d8nc-9qfu
Aliases GHSA-5wx6-xwxf-q8qj
Summary Cross-Site Scripting in TYPO3 Backend Failing to properly encode user input, some backend components are 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-5wx6-xwxf-q8qj
cvssv3.1 4.6 https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/typo3/cms/2016-04-12-1.yaml
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/typo3/cms/2016-04-12-1.yaml
cvssv3.1 4.6 https://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-core/typo3-core-sa-2016-009
generic_textual MODERATE https://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-core/typo3-core-sa-2016-009
Reference id Reference type URL
https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/typo3/cms/2016-04-12-1.yaml
https://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-core/typo3-core-sa-2016-009
GHSA-5wx6-xwxf-q8qj https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5wx6-xwxf-q8qj
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/typo3/cms/2016-04-12-1.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-core/typo3-core-sa-2016-009
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none

No EPSS data available for this vulnerability.

Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T12:51:35.881581+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2024/06/GHSA-5wx6-xwxf-q8qj/GHSA-5wx6-xwxf-q8qj.json 38.0.0