Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2018-6905 (CCN-141485)

Assigned:2018-03-09
Published:2018-03-09
Updated:2018-05-09
Summary: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.
CVSS v3 Severity:4.8 Medium (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)
4.6 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:H/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): High
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Changed
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): Low
Availibility (A): None
5.4 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)
5.2 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:H/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Changed
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): Low
Availibility (A): None
CVSS v2 Severity:3.5 Low (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): None
5.5 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): None
Vulnerability Type:CWE-79
Vulnerability Consequences:Cross-Site Scripting
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2018-6905

Source: SECTRACK
Type: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
1040755

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
typo3-cve20186905-xss(141485)

Source: CCN
Type: TYPO3 CORE Bug #84191
$GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['SYS']['sitename'] is not properly encoded in page module

Source: MISC
Type: Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://forge.typo3.org/issues/84191

Source: MISC
Type: Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/pradeepjairamani/TYPO3-XSS-POC

Source: CCN
Type: TYPO3 Web site
The Enterprise Open Source CMS

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:typo3:typo3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 8.7.11)
  • OR cpe:/a:typo3:typo3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version >= 9.0.0 and < 9.1.0)

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    typo3 typo3 *
    typo3 typo3 *