CVE-2022-31049 Cross-Site Scripting in Frontend Login Mailer

What is CVE-2022-31049?

CVE-2022-31049 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Typo3 Typo3, published on 14 Jun 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

TYPO3 is an open source web content management system. Prior to versions 9.5.34 ELTS, 10.4.29, and 11.5.11, user submitted content was used without being properly encoded in HTML emails sent to users. The actually affected components were mail clients used to view those messages. TYPO3 versions 9.5.34 ELTS, 10.4.29, and 11.5.11 contain a fix for the problem.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-31049?

11 open source packages ship an affected version, including typo3/cms-core, typo3 and typo3/cms. It affects 1 product.

Products include Typo3 Typo3.

How do I fix CVE-2022-31049?

Upgrade typo3/cms-core to a fixed version for your release line: 10.4.29, 11.5.11 or 9.5.35.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2022-31049 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-31049 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Typo3 Typo3

• CVE-2009-0258 Indexed Search Engine for TYPO3 Command Execution via Metacharacter Injection Critical 10.0
• CVE-2011-3583 Typo3 SQL injection due to faulty prepared statements Critical 9.8
• CVE-2011-4628 Typo3 Authentication Bypass Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-24814 Persisted Cross-Site Scripting in Frontend Rendering in typo3 High 8.8
• CVE-2021-41113 Cross-Site-Request-Forgery in Backend URI Handling in Typo3 High 8.8

All Typo3 Typo3 vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as BIT-typo3-2022-31049, GHSA-h4mx-xv96-2jgm.