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)

Published 2016-01-08 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (48.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 49th percentile — 48.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

TYPO3 — versions 6.2, 6.2.0, 6.2.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-core/typo3-core-sa-2015-012/ (Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/79250 (vdb-entry)

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.