What is CVE-2020-28917?

CVE-2020-28917 is a medium-severity vulnerability in View Frontend Statistics Project, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-11-18.

How severe is CVE-2020-28917?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in View Frontend Statistics Project

CVE-2020-28917

An issue was discovered in the view_statistics (aka View frontend statistics) extension before 2.0.1 for TYPO3. It saves all GET and POST data of TYPO3 frontend requests to the database. Depending on the extensions used on a TYPO3 website, sensitive data (e.g., cleartext passwords if ext:felogin is installed) may be saved.

EPSS: 0.005 (41.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

View_frontend_statistics_project View_frontend_statistics
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-312 — Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-28917?: CVE-2020-28917 is a medium-severity vulnerability in View Frontend Statistics Project, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-11-18.
How severe is CVE-2020-28917?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.