What is CVE-2015-8760?

CVE-2015-8760 is a medium-severity vulnerability in TYPO3, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-01-08.

How severe is CVE-2015-8760?

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

Improper input validation in TYPO3

CVE-2015-8760

The Flvplayer component in TYPO3 6.2.x before 6.2.16 allows remote attackers to embed Flash videos from external domains via unspecified vectors, aka "Cross-Site Flashing."

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

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

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.014 (72.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 72nd percentile — 72.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000

Affected products

TYPO3 — versions 6.2, 6.2.0, 6.2.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

www.securitytracker.com/id/1034485 (vdb-entry)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/79210 (vdb-entry)
typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-core/typo3-core-sa-2015-014/ (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-8760?: CVE-2015-8760 is a medium-severity vulnerability in TYPO3, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-01-08.
How severe is CVE-2015-8760?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.