CVE-2012-1608

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-09-04 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The t3lib_div::RemoveXSS API method in TYPO3 4.4.0 through 4.4.13, 4.5.0 through 4.5.13, 4.6.0 through 4.6.6, 4.7, and 6.0 allows remote attackers to bypass the cross-site scripting (XSS) protection mechanism and inject arbitrary web script or HTML via non printable characters.

Affected products

typo3: 4.4.0, 4.4.1, 4.4.2, 4.4.3, 4.4.4, 4.4.5 (+31)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/48647
http://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-core/typo3-core-sa-2012-001/
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2445
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/30/4
http://www.osvdb.org/80762
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52771
http://secunia.com/advisories/48647
http://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-core/typo3-core-sa-2012-001/
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2445
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/30/4
http://www.osvdb.org/80762
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52771

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