Cross-site scripting in TYPO3 - CVE-2012-1606
Published: September 4, 2012 / Updated: November 18, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU43635
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-1606
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: TYPO3
Affected software:
TYPO3
TYPO3
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data when processing data passed via unspecified vectors. 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2012-1606
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://osvdb.org/80760
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48622
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48647
- http://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-core/typo3-core-sa-2012-001/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2445
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/30/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52771