CVE-2018-6905 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The page module in TYPO3 before 8.7.11, and 9.1.0, has XSS via $GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['SYS']['sitename'], as demonstrated by an admin entering a crafted site name during the installation process.

Published: 2018-04-08

Score: 4.8 Medium

EPSS: 2.3% 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

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	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-2022-2249	The page module in TYPO3 before 8.7.11, and 9.1.0, has XSS via $GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['SYS']['sitename'], as demonstrated by an admin entering a crafted site name during the installation process.
Github GHSA	GHSA-3w22-wrwx-2r75	Typo3 XSS Vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02295.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040755
https://forge.typo3.org/issues/84191
https://github.com/pradeepjairamani/TYPO3-XSS-POC

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Typo3 Typo3

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-04-08T17:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T06:17:17.192Z

Reserved: 2018-02-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-6905

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-04-08T17:29:00.300

Modified: 2026-06-17T02:02:26.153

Link: CVE-2018-6905

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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