TYPO3 up to 4.5.4 link following

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in TYPO3 up to 4.5.4. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Executing a manipulation can lead to link following. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2014-9508. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in TYPO3 up to 4.5.4 (Content Management System). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a link following vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-59. The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:

The frontend rendering component in TYPO3 4.5.x before 4.5.39, 4.6.x through 6.2.x before 6.2.9, and 7.x before 7.0.2, when config.prefixLocalAnchors is set and using a homepage with links that only contain anchors, allows remote attackers to change URLs to arbitrary domains for those links via unknown vectors.

The weakness was disclosed 01/04/2015 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at typo3.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2014-9508 since 01/04/2015. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 04/10/2022).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 81575 (TYPO3 Anchor-only Links Remote Spoofing Vulnerability), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 169132 (OpenSuSE Security Update for typo3-cms-4_5 (openSUSE-SU-2016:2169-1)).

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (99305), Tenable (81575) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-48890†). The entries VDB-68434, VDB-68438, VDB-69209 and VDB-73493 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Link following
CWE: CWE-59
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 81575
Nessus Name: TYPO3 Anchor-only Links Remote Spoofing Vulnerability
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OpenVAS ID: 100641
OpenVAS Name: TYPO3 Multiple Vulnerabilities-01 Jan-2015 (SA-2014-003)
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Timelineinfo

12/09/2014 🔍
01/04/2015 +26 days 🔍
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02/27/2015 +54 days 🔍
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03/27/2015 +23 days 🔍
04/10/2022 +2571 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: typo3.org

Advisory: typo3.org
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2014-9508 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-9508
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-73492
X-Force: 99305
SecurityFocus: 71646
Vulnerability Center: 48890 - TYPO3 Remote Spoofing Vulnerability in the Frontend Rendering Component, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/27/2015 14:56
Updated: 04/10/2022 14:07
Changes: 03/27/2015 14:56 (58), 06/21/2017 20:33 (6), 04/10/2022 14:07 (4)
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