CVE-2011-0508 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in system/modules/comments/Comments.php in Contao CMS 2.9.2, and possibly other versions before 2.9.3, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the HTTP X_FORWARDED_FOR header, which is stored by system/libraries/Environment.php but not properly handled by a comments action to main.php.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00499.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Contao Subscribe	Contao Cms Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:contao:contao_cms:2.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2011-0528	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in system/modules/comments/Comments.php in Contao CMS 2.9.2, and possibly other versions before 2.9.3, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the HTTP X_FORWARDED_FOR header, which is stored by system/libraries/Environment.php but not properly handled by a comments action to main.php.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://dev.contao.org/issues/2751
http://secunia.com/advisories/42899
http://www.contao.org/changelog.html
http://www.contao.org/news/items/contao-2_9_3.html
http://www.osvdb.org/70440
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515691/100/0/threaded
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64679

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2011-01-20T18:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T21:58:24.570Z

Reserved: 2011-01-20T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2011-0508

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2011-01-20T19:00:10.817

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2011-0508

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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