CVE-2008-5656 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the frontend plugin for the felogin system extension in TYPO3 4.2.0, 4.2.1 and 4.2.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unknown vectors.

Published: 2008-12-17

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: 1.1% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:typo3:typo3:4.2.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:typo3:typo3:4.2.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:typo3:typo3:4.2.2:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-5627	typo3/cms-felogin Cross-site Scripting vulnerability
Github GHSA	GHSA-xvx2-wqf5-jjgv	typo3/cms-felogin Cross-site Scripting vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0105.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-20081113-2/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32284
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46591

History

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Subscriptions

Typo3 Typo3

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-12-17T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T11:04:43.463Z

Reserved: 2008-12-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-5656

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-12-17T20:30:00.920

Modified: 2026-06-16T23:00:44.573

Link: CVE-2008-5656

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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