CVE-2011-0508

Summary

CVECVE-2011-0508
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-01-20 19:00:10 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionCross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in system/modules/comments/Comments.php in Contao CMS 2.9.2, and possibly other versions before 2.9.3, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the HTTP X_FORWARDED_FOR header, which is stored by system/libraries/Environment.php but not properly handled by a comments action to main.php.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-79 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Contao Contao Cms 2.9.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
dev.contao.org/issues/2751 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 dev.contao.org
Contao 2.9.3 is available - Contao Open Source CMS (fka TYPOlight) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.contao.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
www.osvdb.org/70440 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
Contao "X_FORWARDED_FOR" Script Insertion Vulnerability - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Keep track of the Contao core changes - Contao Open Source CMS (fka TYPOlight) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.contao.org Patch
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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