Medium severity · published Jan 23, 2017
CVE-2016-4056
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Backend component in TYPO3 6.2.x before 6.2.19 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the module…
6.1
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Backend component in TYPO3 6.2.x before 6.2.19 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the module parameter when creating a bookmark.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 65% 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; +26 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4056
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4056
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/21/1
Exploit
https://labs.integrity.pt/advisories/cve-pending-stored-cross-site-scripting-in-typo3-bookmarks/
Patch
https://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-core/typo3-core-sa-2016-006/
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