What is CVE-2016-4056?

CVE-2016-4056 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Typo3, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-01-23.

How severe is CVE-2016-4056?

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

XSS in Typo3

CVE-2016-4056

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Backend component in TYPO3 6.2.x before 6.2.19 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the module parameter when creating a bookmark.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.011 (61.7th 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, 6.2.0, 6.2.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List)
cve@mitre.org (Technical Description, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-4056?: CVE-2016-4056 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Typo3, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-01-23.
How severe is CVE-2016-4056?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.