What is CVE-2015-8759?

CVE-2015-8759 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Typo3, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2016-01-08.

How severe is CVE-2015-8759?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Typo3

CVE-2015-8759

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the typoLink function in TYPO3 6.2.x before 6.2.16 and 7.x before 7.6.1 allows remote authenticated editors to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a link field.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.006 (47.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Typo3 — versions 6.2, 6.2.0, 6.2.1
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)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-8759?: CVE-2015-8759 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Typo3, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2016-01-08.
How severe is CVE-2015-8759?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.