CVE-2010-3659 — typo3/cms-backend
MEDIUMCVE-2010-3659 is a medium-severity (CVSS 5.4) Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in typo3/cms-backend. A fix is available for typo3/cms-backend — see the affected versions and patch details below.
TYPO3 Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in the extension manager and backend forms
EPSS Exploitation Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.
How urgent is this, really
CVE-2010-3659 plotted by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). The shaded corner — EPSS 50%+ and CVSS 7.0+ — is where this CVE doesn't sit, though severity or exploitability alone can still warrant action.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 377,333 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Real counts from FIRST.org, not a sample — log-scaled since the landscape is heavily right-skewed.
Real-World Exposure
typo3/cms-backend🐘typo3/cms-backend🐘typo3/cms-backend🐘typo3/cms-backendReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Packagist packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in TYPO3 CMS 4.1.x before 4.1.14, 4.2.x before 4.2.13, 4.3.x before 4.3.4, and 4.4.x before 4.4.1 allow remote authenticated backend users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified parameters to the extension manager, or unspecified parameters to unknown backend forms.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐘Packagist | typo3/cms-backend | ≥ 4.1.0&&< 4.1.14 | 4.1.14composer require typo3/cms-backend:^4.1.14 |
| 🐘Packagist | typo3/cms-backend | ≥ 4.2.0&&< 4.2.13 | 4.2.13composer require typo3/cms-backend:^4.2.13 |
| 🐘Packagist | typo3/cms-backend | ≥ 4.3.0&&< 4.3.4 | 4.3.4composer require typo3/cms-backend:^4.3.4 |
| 🐘Packagist | typo3/cms-backend | ≥ 4.4.0&&< 4.4.1 | 4.4.1composer require typo3/cms-backend:^4.4.1 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for typo3/cms-backend, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update typo3/cms-backend to 4.1.14 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2010-3659 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like CVE-2010-3659 can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.
Tailored to CVE-2010-3659. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2010-3659 in your dependencies?
O3 Security finds CVE-2010-3659 across Packagist dependencies, including transitive ones, and its impact-aware SCA ranks findings by whether your code actually calls the vulnerable path.