#VU40969 Link following in TYPO3 - CVE-2014-9508
Published: January 4, 2015 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40969
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9508
CWE-ID: CWE-59
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
TYPO3
TYPO3
Software vendor:
TYPO3
TYPO3
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to 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 and using a homepage with links that only contain anchors, allows remote attackers to change URLs to arbitrary domains for those links via unknown vectors.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.