CVE-2011-4903 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in TYPO3 before 4.3.12, 4.4.x before 4.4.9, and 4.5.x before 4.5.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the RemoveXSS function.

Published: 2019-11-06

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

TYPO3

TYPO3

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`before 4.5.4`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:typo3:typo3::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:typo3:typo3::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:typo3:typo3::::::::

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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-2022-1806	Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in TYPO3 before 4.3.12, 4.4.x before 4.4.9, and 4.5.x before 4.5.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the RemoveXSS function.
Github GHSA	GHSA-q22w-r5qq-v3wf	Typo3 XSS in RemoveXSS function

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

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 0.00834.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-4903
https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2011-001/#XSS

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Typo3 Typo3

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2019-11-06T16:55:59.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T00:16:35.140Z

Reserved: 2011-12-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-4903

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-11-06T17:15:11.330

Modified: 2026-06-16T23:35:36.067

Link: CVE-2011-4903

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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

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