Contao up to 5.4.1 SVG File cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Contao up to 5.4.1. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component SVG File Handler. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2024-45965. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Contao up to 5.4.1. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown function of the component SVG File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Contao before 5.5.6 allows XSS via an SVG document. This affects (in contao/core-bundle in Composer) 4.x before 4.13.54, 5.0.x through 5.3.x before 5.3.30, and 5.4.x and 5.5..x before 5.5.6.

The advisory is shared at grimthereaperteam.medium.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-45965 since 09/11/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.4

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: grimthereaperteam.medium.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2024-45965 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-45965
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-279125

Entryinfo

Created: 10/03/2024 07:38
Updated: 11/13/2025 16:24
Changes: 10/03/2024 07:38 (61), 10/05/2024 13:12 (1), 03/08/2025 22:05 (3), 03/24/2025 21:51 (6), 11/13/2025 16:24 (12)
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