CVE-2014-9508 Typo3 Open Redirect In Frontend Rendering

What is CVE-2014-9508?

CVE-2014-9508 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Typo3 Typo3, published on 4 Jan 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-59

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-9508?

6 open source packages ship an affected version, including typo3/cms. It affects 1 product.

Products include Typo3 Typo3.

How do I fix CVE-2014-9508?

Upgrade typo3/cms to a fixed version for your release line: 4.5.39, 6.2.9 or 7.0.2.

Is CVE-2014-9508 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9508 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Typo3 Typo3 vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-v6xv-rmqc-wcc8.