CVE-2011-0508

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in system/modules/comments/Comments.php in Contao CMS 2.9.2, and possibly other versions before 2.9.3, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the HTTP X_FORWARDED_FOR header, which is stored by system/libraries/Environment.php but not properly handled by a comments action to main.php.

CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

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CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.contao.org/changelog.html	Patch
http://www.contao.org/news/items/contao-2_9_3.html	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/70440
http://secunia.com/advisories/42899	Vendor Advisory
http://dev.contao.org/issues/2751
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64679
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515691/100/0/threaded

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:contao:contao_cms:2.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2011-01-20 11:00

Updated : 2018-10-09 12:29

NVD link : CVE-2011-0508

Mitre link : CVE-2011-0508

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Products Affected

contao

contao_cms

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