Input validation error in TYPO3 - CVE-2014-9509
Published: January 4, 2015 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40968
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9509
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: TYPO3
Affected software:
TYPO3
TYPO3
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
The frontend rendering component in TYPO3 4.5.x before 4.5.39, 4.6.x through 6.2.x before 6.2.9, and 7.x before 7.0.2, when config.prefixLocalAnchors is set to all or cached, allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact (possibly resource consumption) via a "Cache Poisoning" attack using a URL with arbitrary arguments, which triggers a reload of the page.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-9509
Install update from vendor's website.