What is CVE-2015-8757?

CVE-2015-8757 is a medium-severity vulnerability in TYPO3, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-01-08.

How severe is CVE-2015-8757?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in TYPO3

CVE-2015-8757

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Extension Manager in TYPO3 6.2.x before 6.2.16 and 7.x before 7.6.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors related to extension data during an extension installation.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.014 (70.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Typo3 — versions 6.2.0, 6.2.1, 6.2.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-8757?: CVE-2015-8757 is a medium-severity vulnerability in TYPO3, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-01-08.
How severe is CVE-2015-8757?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.