CVE-2011-0508 (GCVE-0-2011-0508)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2011-01-20 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 21:58
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.osvdb.org/70440 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
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http://www.contao.org/news/items/contao-2_9_3.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515691/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.contao.org/changelog.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
Date Public
2011-01-12 00:00
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