SNS Vulnerability

TYPO3 Formhandler Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Description

(:A cross-site scripting vulnerability was reported in TYPO3 Formhandler extension.:A remote attacker could exploit it by enticing their victim into following a specially crafted link in order to execute arbitrary JavaScript or HTML code.::This vulnerability is located in the ransom auth ID, when specially encoded, allows bypass of the "removeXSS()" function (Classes/Interceptor/RemoveXSS.php).::Proofs of concept are available.)

Vulnerable Products

Vulnerable Software:
Typo3 (Typo3) - 3.3, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, ..., 8.7.1, 8.7.2, 8.7.3, 8.7.4,

Solution

TYPO3 recommends to uninstall this extension and delete it (the extension author is no longer maintaining it).

CVE

References

- Redteam-Pentesting : Cross-Site Scripting in TYPO3 Formhandler Extension
https://www.redteam-pentesting.de/en/advisories/rt-sa-2016-007/-cross-site-scripting-in-typo3-formhandler-extension

Vulnerability Manager Detection

IPS Protection

ASQ Engine alarm	Available Since
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'iframe' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'meta' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious tag with event found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'applet' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Phishing : suspicious 'div' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'style' attribute found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'img' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Phishing : suspicious 'a' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : cookie access attempt using script language found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'embed' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'object' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Phishing : suspicious 'form' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : javascript code found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : evasion attempt using tag characters encoding in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'style' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Phishing : suspicious 'link' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : 'script' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : 'location' javascript object found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'div' tag found in URL	3.2.0

Risk level

Moderate

Vulnerability First Public Report Date

2017-07-27

Target Type

Client

Possible exploit

Remote