Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Symphony CMS 2.2.3 and possibly…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- 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
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Symphony CMS 2.2.3 and possibly other versions before 2.2.4 allow remote authenticated users with Author privileges to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the profile parameter to extensions/profiledevkit/content/content.profile.php, as demonstrated via requests to (a) the default URI, (b) about/, or (c) drafts/; or (2) the filter parameter in symphony/lib/core/class.symphony.php, as demonstrated via requests to (d) symphony/publish/comments or (e) symphony/publish/images. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | symphonycms/symphony-2 (Packagist) | before 2.2.4 | 2.2.4 | Patch available | GHSA-wvq5-72qp-grjw |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- symphonycms/symphony-2 (Packagist) Vendor— Affected before 2.2.4 Fixed in 2.2.4 Patch available GHSA-wvq5-72qp-grjw
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:symphony-cms:symphony_cms:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2.2.3 | Vulnerable | Symphony-cms |
- cpe:2.3:a:symphony-cms:symphony_cms:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.2.3 Vulnerable ·Symphony-cms
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-wvq5-72qp-grjw symphonycms/symphony-2 (Packagist) Fixed in 2.2.4 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2011-4340
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wvq5-72qp-grjw
References
Other 9
- http://www.mavitunasecurity.com/xss-and-sql-injection-vulnerabilities-in-symphony-cms/
- 20111101 XSS and SQL Injection Vulnerabilities on Symphony CMS 2.2.3
- 76883
- 76882
- [oss-security] 20111122 Re: CVE-request: Symphony CMS Multiple Cross-Site Scripting and SQL Injection Vulnerabilities (NS-11-008)
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/view/106493/symphonycms-sqlxss.txt
- https://github.com/symphonycms/symphonycms
- https://web.archive.org/web/20120614074927/http://www.mavitunasecurity.com/xss-and-sql-injection-vulnerabilities-in-symphony-cms
- http://symphony-cms.com/download/releases/version/2.2.4
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- TI-2024-27695 A Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Symphony CMS 2.7.10 allows remote attackers… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2011-03806 Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in symphony/content/content.publish.php in… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3
- TI-2024-27696 symphonycms <=2.7.10 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in the Comment component for articles. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
Sources
- CVE-2011-4340 · CVE Program
- CVE-2011-4340 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wvq5-72qp-grjw · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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