CVE-2023-38500
What it is
TYPO3 HTML Sanitizer is an HTML sanitizer, written in PHP, aiming to provide cross-site-scripting-safe markup based on explicitly allowed tags, attributes and values. Starting in version 1.0.0 and prior to versions 1.5.1 and 2.1.2, due to an encoding issue in the serialization layer, malicious markup nested in a `noscript` element was not encoded correctly. `noscript` is disabled in the default configuration, but might have been enabled in custom scenarios. This allows bypassing the cross-site scripting mechanism of TYPO3 HTML Sanitizer. Versions 1.5.1 and 2.1.2 fix the problem.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network without logging in, but needs a user to act. Limited direct impact.
- Exploit odds
- 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.5% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 4.7 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.5% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-79 · Cross-site scripting
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- typo3 Html Sanitizer < 1.5.1
- typo3 Html Sanitizer < 2.1.2
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 4.7
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Is it in your code?
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Fix and advisories
- https://github.com/TYPO3/html-sanitizer/commit/e3026f589fef0be8c3574ee3f0a0bfbe33d7ebdb
- https://github.com/TYPO3/html-sanitizer/security/advisories/GHSA-59jf-3q9v-rh6g
- https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2023-002
- https://github.com/TYPO3/html-sanitizer/commit/e3026f589fef0be8c3574ee3f0a0bfbe33d7ebdb
- https://github.com/TYPO3/html-sanitizer/security/advisories/GHSA-59jf-3q9v-rh6g
- https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2023-002
References
- https://github.com/TYPO3/html-sanitizer/commit/e3026f589fef0be8c3574ee3f0a0bfbe33d7ebdb
- https://github.com/TYPO3/html-sanitizer/security/advisories/GHSA-59jf-3q9v-rh6g
- https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2023-002
- https://github.com/TYPO3/html-sanitizer/commit/e3026f589fef0be8c3574ee3f0a0bfbe33d7ebdb
- https://github.com/TYPO3/html-sanitizer/security/advisories/GHSA-59jf-3q9v-rh6g
- https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2023-002