Cross-site scripting in TYPO3 - CVE-2021-32668
Published: July 21, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU55144
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-32668
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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 in the QueryGenerator and QueryView components. A remote authenticated attacker can inject 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.
Affected software
TYPO3
How to mitigate CVE-2021-32668
Install updates from vendor's website.
TYPO3 - addressed in versions 8.7.41, 9.5.28, 10.4.18, 11.3.1