ASA-2018-00080 – TYPO3: Cross-Site Scripting in Backend Modal Component


Allele Security Alert

ASA-2018-00080

Identifier(s)

ASA-2018-00080, TYPO3-CORE-SA-2018-007

Title

Cross-Site Scripting in Backend Modal Component

Vendor(s)

TYPO3 Association

Product(s)

TYPO3

Affected version(s)

TYPO3 7.1.0-7.6.31, 8.5.0-8.7.20 and 9.0.0-9.5.1

Fixed version(s)

TYPO3 versions 7.6.32, 8.7.21 or 9.5.2

Proof of concept

Unknown

Description

Failing to properly encode user input, notifications shown in modal windows in the TYPO3 backend are vulnerable to cross-site scripting. A valid backend user account is needed in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Technical details

Unknown

Credits

Joshua Westerheide and Frank Nägler (TYPO3 core team)

Reference(s)

TYPO3 9.5.2, 8.7.21 and 7.6.32 security releases published
https://typo3.org/article/typo3-952-8721-and-7632-security-releases-published/

TYPO3-CORE-SA-2018-007: Cross-Site Scripting in Backend Modal Component
https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2018-007/

[SECURITY] Prevent XSS in modal component and PageTree
https://github.com/TYPO3/TYPO3.CMS/commit/02cd5c97228cba477d16c68e28309ce25c433ce9

[TYPO3-announce] Announcing TYPO3 v9.5.2, v8.7.21 and v7.6.32 security releases
http://lists.typo3.org/pipermail/typo3-announce/2018/000435.html

 

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Last modified: February 1, 2019

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