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Cross-Site Scripting in Query Generator & Query View

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jul 20, 2021 in TYPO3/typo3 • Updated Feb 5, 2024

Package

composer typo3/cms (Composer)

Affected versions

>= 10.0.0, < 10.4.18
>= 11.0.0, < 11.3.1
>= 9.0.0, < 9.5.28

Patched versions

10.4.18
11.3.1
9.5.28
composer typo3/cms-core (Composer)
>= 8.0.0, < 8.7.41
>= 9.0.0, < 9.5.28
>= 10.0.0, < 10.4.18
>= 11.0.0, < 11.3.1
8.7.41
9.5.28
10.4.18
11.3.1

Description

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  • CVSS: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:F/RL:O/RC:C (4.5)

Problem

Failing to properly encode error messages, the components QueryGenerator and QueryView are vulnerable to both reflected and persistent cross-site scripting. A valid backend user account having administrator privileges is needed to exploit this vulnerability.

Solution

Update to TYPO3 versions 8.7.41 ELTS, 9.5.28, 10.4.18, 11.3.1 that fix the problem described.

Credits

Thanks to Richie Lee who reported this issue and to TYPO3 security team member Oliver Hader who fixed the issue.

References

References

@ohader ohader published to TYPO3/typo3 Jul 20, 2021
Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jul 20, 2021
Reviewed Jul 20, 2021
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jul 22, 2021
Last updated Feb 5, 2024

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

EPSS score

0.053%
(22nd percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2021-32668

GHSA ID

GHSA-6mh3-j5r5-2379

Source code

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