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TI-2008-05352 Aliases CVE-2008-5644GHSA-733v-22mg-7f8w

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the file backend module in TYPO3 4.2.2 allows…

Priority LOW 22CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Partial · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the file backend module in TYPO3 4.2.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unknown vectors.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01089 65th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed typo3/cms-backend (Packagist): 4.2.3

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
—typo3/cms-backend (Packagist)4.2.2 to before 4.2.34.2.3Patch availableGHSA-733v-22mg-7f8w
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • typo3/cms-backend (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 4.2.2 to before 4.2.3 Fixed in 4.2.3 Patch available GHSA-733v-22mg-7f8w

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:typo3:typo3:4.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.2.2VulnerableTYPO3
  • cpe:2.3:a:typo3:typo3:4.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.2.2 Vulnerable ·TYPO3

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-733v-22mg-7f8w typo3/cms-backend (Packagist) Fixed in 4.2.3 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-5644
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-733v-22mg-7f8w

References

Advisory 2

Other 5

  • TI-2023-10314 Persisted Cross-Site Scripting in Frontend Rendering in typo3 CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2010-03538 The jumpUrl (aka access tracking) implementation in tslib/class.tslib_fe.php in TYPO3… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.1
  • TI-2009-00775 The jumpUrl mechanism in class.tslib_fe.php in TYPO3 3.3.x through 3.8.x, 4.0 before… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-2009-00241 The Indexed Search Engine (indexed_search) system extension in TYPO3 4.0.0 through 4.0.9… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2020-08940 Improperly Controlled Modification of Dynamically-Determined Object Attributes in TYPO3 CMS CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2011-03994 Improper authentication in TYPO3 CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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