CVE-2021-28381 — vhs
MEDIUMCVE-2021-28381 is a medium-severity (CVSS 5.4) SQL Injection vulnerability in fluidtypo3/vhs. A fix is available for fluidtypo3/vhs — see the affected versions and patch details below.
SQL injection in vhs (aka VHS: Fluid ViewHelpers)
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
CVE-2021-28381 by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). Outside the shaded patch-first corner.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 385,738 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Counts from FIRST.org, log-scaled.
Real-World Exposure
fluidtypo3/vhsReal-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
The vhs (aka VHS: Fluid ViewHelpers) extension before 5.1.1 for TYPO3 allows SQL injection via isLanguageViewHelper.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐘Packagist | fluidtypo3/vhs | all versions | 5.1.1composer require fluidtypo3/vhs:^5.1.1 |
Affected Products
vhsvhs_projectDetection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for fluidtypo3/vhs, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update fluidtypo3/vhs to 5.1.1 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2021-28381 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Until you can upgrade, make sure every query built from user input uses parameterised statements or a prepared-statement API rather than string concatenation, and reduce the database account's privileges so an injected query cannot read or alter data beyond what the feature needs.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2021-28381 in your dependencies?
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