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Update to TYPO3 versions 7.6.53 ELTS, 8.7.42 ELTS, 9.5.29, 10.4.19, 11.3.2 that fix the problem 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In case custom plugins used in the website frontend accept and reflect rich-text content submitted by users, no authentication is required. Update to TYPO3 versions 7.6.53 ELTS, 8.7.42 ELTS, 9.5.29, 10.4.19, 11.3.2 that fix the problem described.","status":"published","published":"2021-08-10T16:30:11Z","modified":"2024-08-03T23:33:55Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-03T03:24:35.855495Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-c5c9-8c6m-727v","title":"Cross-Site Scripting via Rich-Text Content","description":"\u003e ### Meta\n\u003e * CVSS: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:F/RL:O/RC` (5.7)\n\n### Problem\nFailing to properly parse, sanitize and encode malicious rich-text content, the content rendering process in the website frontend is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. Corresponding rendering instructions via TypoScript functionality _[HTMLparser](https://docs.typo3.org/m/typo3/reference-typoscript/10.4/en-us/Functions/Htmlparser.html)_ do not consider all potentially malicious HTML tag \u0026 attribute combinations per default.\n\nIn addition, the lack of comprehensive default node configuration for rich-text fields in the backend user interface fosters this malfunction.\n\nIn default scenarios, a valid backend user account is needed to exploit this vulnerability. In case custom plugins used in the website frontend accept and reflect rich-text content submitted by users, no authentication is required.\n\n### Solution\nUpdate to TYPO3 versions 7.6.53 ELTS, 8.7.42 ELTS, 9.5.29, 10.4.19, 11.3.2 that fix the problem described above.\n\nCustom package _[typo3/html-sanitizer](https://github.com/TYPO3/html-sanitizer)_ - based on allow-lists only - takes care of sanitizing potentially malicious markup. The default behavior is based on safe and commonly used markup - however, this can be extended or restricted further in case it is necessary for individual scenarios.\n\nDuring the frontend rendering process, sanitization is applied to the default TypoScript path `lib.parseFunc`, which is implicitly used by the Fluid view-helper instruction `f:format.html`. Rich-text data persisted using the backend user interface is sanitized as well. Implementation details are explained in corresponding [ChangeLog documentation](https://docs.typo3.org/c/typo3/cms-core/master/en-us/Changelog/9.5.x/Important-94484-IntroduceHTMLSanitizer.html).\n\n### Credits\nThanks to Benjamin Stiber, Gert-Jan Jansma, Gábor Ács-Kurucz, Alexander Kellner, Richie Lee, Nina Rösch who reported this issue, and to TYPO3 security team member Oliver Hader, as well as TYPO3 contributor Susanne Moog who fixed the issue.\n\n### References\n* [TYPO3-CORE-SA-2021-013](https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2021-013)","status":"published","published":"2021-08-19T15:53:12Z","modified":"2024-02-07T18:51:56Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:37:36.777238Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2021-32768","description":"TYPO3 is an open source PHP based web content management system released under the GNU GPL. 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Update to TYPO3 versions 7.6.53 ELTS, 8.7.42 ELTS, 9.5.29, 10.4.19, 11.3.2 that fix the problem described.","status":"published","published":"2021-08-10T17:15:10.587Z","modified":"2026-06-17T03:53:35.44Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":6.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"},{"version":"2.0","score":4.3,"vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:06:56.943671Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2021-32768","description":"TYPO3 is an open source PHP based web content management system released under the GNU GPL. In affected versions failing to properly parse, sanitize and encode malicious rich-text content, the content rendering process in the website frontend is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. Corresponding rendering instructions via TypoScript functionality HTMLparser does not consider all potentially malicious HTML tag \u0026 attribute combinations per default. In default scenarios, a valid backend user account is needed to exploit this vulnerability. In case custom plugins used in the website frontend accept and reflect rich-text content submitted by users, no authentication is required. Update to TYPO3 versions 7.6.53 ELTS, 8.7.42 ELTS, 9.5.29, 10.4.19, 11.3.2 that fix the problem described.","status":"published","published":"2021-08-10T17:15:10.587Z","modified":"2026-10-24T10:50:24.430155315Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:44:19.793849Z"},{"id":"GHSA-c5c9-8c6m-727v","title":"Cross-Site Scripting via Rich-Text Content","description":"\u003e ### Meta\n\u003e * CVSS: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:F/RL:O/RC` (5.7)\n\n### Problem\nFailing to properly parse, sanitize and encode malicious rich-text content, the content rendering process in the website frontend is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. Corresponding rendering instructions via TypoScript functionality _[HTMLparser](https://docs.typo3.org/m/typo3/reference-typoscript/10.4/en-us/Functions/Htmlparser.html)_ do not consider all potentially malicious HTML tag \u0026 attribute combinations per default.\n\nIn addition, the lack of comprehensive default node configuration for rich-text fields in the backend user interface fosters this malfunction.\n\nIn default scenarios, a valid backend user account is needed to exploit this vulnerability. In case custom plugins used in the website frontend accept and reflect rich-text content submitted by users, no authentication is required.\n\n### Solution\nUpdate to TYPO3 versions 7.6.53 ELTS, 8.7.42 ELTS, 9.5.29, 10.4.19, 11.3.2 that fix the problem described above.\n\nCustom package _[typo3/html-sanitizer](https://github.com/TYPO3/html-sanitizer)_ - based on allow-lists only - takes care of sanitizing potentially malicious markup. The default behavior is based on safe and commonly used markup - however, this can be extended or restricted further in case it is necessary for individual scenarios.\n\nDuring the frontend rendering process, sanitization is applied to the default TypoScript path `lib.parseFunc`, which is implicitly used by the Fluid view-helper instruction `f:format.html`. Rich-text data persisted using the backend user interface is sanitized as well. Implementation details are explained in corresponding [ChangeLog documentation](https://docs.typo3.org/c/typo3/cms-core/master/en-us/Changelog/9.5.x/Important-94484-IntroduceHTMLSanitizer.html).\n\n### Credits\nThanks to Benjamin Stiber, Gert-Jan Jansma, Gábor Ács-Kurucz, Alexander Kellner, Richie Lee, Nina Rösch who reported this issue, and to TYPO3 security team member Oliver Hader, as well as TYPO3 contributor Susanne Moog who fixed the issue.\n\n### References\n* [TYPO3-CORE-SA-2021-013](https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2021-013)","status":"published","published":"2021-08-19T15:53:12Z","modified":"2026-07-08T06:29:25.329956778Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:44.571161Z"},{"id":"BIT-typo3-2021-32768","description":"TYPO3 is an open source PHP based web content management system released under the GNU GPL. 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