Cross-site scripting in TYPO3 - CVE-2011-4630

 

Cross-site scripting in TYPO3 - CVE-2011-4630

Published: November 6, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU30646
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-4630
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: TYPO3
Affected software:
TYPO3

Detailed vulnerability description

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. The vulnerability allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the browse_links wizard.

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.


How to mitigate CVE-2011-4630

Update to version 4.5.4.

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