FKIE_CVE-2008-5995

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2009-01-28 15:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:01
Severity
Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the freeCap CAPTCHA (sr_freecap) extension before 1.0.4 for TYPO3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/31946Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://typo3.org/extensions/repository/view/sr_freecap/1.0.4/
cve@mitre.orghttp://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-20080924-2/Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31370
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45379
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/31946Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://typo3.org/extensions/repository/view/sr_freecap/1.0.4/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-20080924-2/Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31370
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45379
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
typo3 freecap_captcha_extension *
typo3 freecap_captcha_extension 1.0.0
typo3 freecap_captcha_extension 1.0.1
typo3 freecap_captcha_extension 1.0.2
typo3 typo3 *
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