CVE-2017-5962

MEDIUM

Netresearch Contexts Wurfl - XSS

Title source: rule

Description

An issue was discovered in contexts_wurfl (for TYPO3) before 0.4.2. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient filtration of user-supplied data in the "force_ua" HTTP GET parameter passed to the "/contexts_wurfl/Library/wurfl-dbapi-1.4.4.0/check_wurfl.php" URL. An attacker could execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a browser in the context of the vulnerable website.

References (2)

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://forge.typo3.org/issues/79326

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96158

Scores

CVSS v3 6.1

EPSS 0.0023

EPSS Percentile 46.0%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Classification

CWE

CWE-79

Status published

Affected Products (8)

netresearch/contexts_wurfl

n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Feb 12, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026