Medium severity · published Jan 8, 2016
CVE-2015-8759
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the typoLink function in TYPO3 6.2.x before 6.2.16 and 7.x before 7.6.1 allows remote authenticated editors to inject arbitrary web…
5.4
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the typoLink function in TYPO3 6.2.x before 6.2.16 and 7.x before 7.6.1 allows remote authenticated editors to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a link field.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 51% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TY
Typo3 · Typo3
6.2; 6.2.0; 6.2.0; 6.2.0; 6.2.0; 6.2.0; +33 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8759
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8759
Vendor Advisory
http://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-core/typo3-core-sa-2015-012/
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79250
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