Medium severity · published Jan 27, 2020
CVE-2020-8091
svg.swf in TYPO3 6.2.0 to 6.2.38 ELTS and 7.0.0 to 7.1.0 could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack on a targeted system
6.1
CVSS
5.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
svg.swf in TYPO3 6.2.0 to 6.2.38 ELTS and 7.0.0 to 7.1.0 could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack on a targeted system. This may be at a contrib/websvg/svg.swf pathname.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/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)5.2% · higher than 92% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TY
Typo3 · Typo3
6.2 before 6.2.39; 7.0.0 through 7.1.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8091
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-8091
Third Party Advisory
https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-psa-2019-003/
Exploit
https://www.purplemet.com/blog/typo3-xss-vulnerability
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