🛡️ CVE-2015-5956 — cms

🟢 CVSS 2.0 — Low ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-79 OSV
2.0
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

TYPO3 cross-site scripting (XSS)

The sanitizeLocalUrl function in TYPO3 6.x before 6.2.15, 7.x before 7.4.0, 4.5.40, and earlier allows remote authenticated users to bypass the XSS filter and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a base64 encoded data URI, as demonstrated by the (1) returnUrl parameter to show_rechis.php and the (2) redirect_url parameter to index.php.

Weakness class

CVE-2015-5956 is classified as CWE-79: Cross-site Scripting (XSS). User-supplied data is written into a page without escaping, so attacker script runs in the browser of anyone who views it.

Affected software

CVE-2015-5956 is recorded against 1 package.

  • typo3/cms (from 4.0)

Timeline and source

Published on 14 May 2022 and last revised on 7 December 2024. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
typo3.org (Web)
packetstormsecurity.com (Web)
seclists.org (Web)
www.securityfocus.com (Web)
www.securitytracker.com (Web)

Details

Severity LOW
CVSS Score 2.0
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE CWE-79
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-05-14
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2024-12-07
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
typo3/cms 4.0

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