6.1
MEDIUM
CVE-2023-38500
TYPO3 HTML Sanitizer Cross-Site Scripting Bypass
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

July 25, 2023, 9:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 2, 2023, 7:14 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.7

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2023-38500 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Typo3 typo3
2 Typo3 html_sanitizer
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2023-38500.

URL Resource
https://github.com/TYPO3/html-sanitizer/commit/e3026f589fef0be8c3574ee3f0a0bfbe33d7ebdb Patch
https://github.com/TYPO3/html-sanitizer/security/advisories/GHSA-59jf-3q9v-rh6g Vendor Advisory
https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2023-002 Vendor Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2023-38500 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 02, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/TYPO3/html-sanitizer/commit/e3026f589fef0be8c3574ee3f0a0bfbe33d7ebdb No Types Assigned https://github.com/TYPO3/html-sanitizer/commit/e3026f589fef0be8c3574ee3f0a0bfbe33d7ebdb Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/TYPO3/html-sanitizer/security/advisories/GHSA-59jf-3q9v-rh6g No Types Assigned https://github.com/TYPO3/html-sanitizer/security/advisories/GHSA-59jf-3q9v-rh6g Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2023-002 No Types Assigned https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2023-002 Vendor Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:typo3:html_sanitizer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.0.0 up to (excluding) 1.5.1 *cpe:2.3:a:typo3:html_sanitizer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.0.0 up to (excluding) 2.1.2
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.14 }} 0.04%

score

0.50999

percentile

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