SB2017122505 - Multiple vulnerabilities in TYPO3 DRC News Comment

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SB2017122505 - Multiple vulnerabilities in TYPO3 DRC News Comment

Published: December 25, 2017

Security Bulletin ID SB2017122505
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: N/A)

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.


2) Remote code execution (CVE-ID: N/A)

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted input and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References