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Cross-Site Scripting in Content PreviewGHSA-fjh3-g8gq-9q92

MEDIUM

GHSA-fjh3-g8gq-9q92 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.

Also known asBIT-typo3-2021-21340CVE-2021-21340
Published
Updated
Affected
6 pkgs
Patched
6 / 6
Exploits
None indexed
Exploitation data as of Oct 10, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗
0.9%probability of exploitation in next 30 days
Lower Risk0.00%
Lower risk than most CVEs58th percentile — riskier than 58% of all scored CVEsHighest risk
0.00%0.46%0.91%1.37%0.4%0.9%Apr 26Aug 26Oct 26

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.

How urgent is this, really

GHSA-fjh3-g8gq-9q92 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

6 pkgs affected
🐘typo3/cms-backend🐘typo3/cms-backend🐘typo3/cms-core🐘typo3/cms-core🐘typo3/cms🐘typo3/cms

Real-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

Problem

It has been discovered that database fields used as descriptionColumn are vulnerable to cross-site scripting when their content gets previewed in the page module. A valid backend user account is needed to exploit this vulnerability.

Solution

Update to TYPO3 versions 10.4.14, 11.1.1 that fix the problem described.

Credits

Thanks to Richie Lee who reported this issue and to TYPO3 framework merger Andreas Fernandez who fixed the issue.

References

Affected Packages

6 total 6 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
🐘Packagisttypo3/cms-backend≥ 10.0.0&&< 10.4.1410.4.14composer require typo3/cms-backend:^10.4.14
🐘Packagisttypo3/cms-backend≥ 11.0.0&&< 11.1.111.1.1composer require typo3/cms-backend:^11.1.1
🐘Packagisttypo3/cms-core≥ 10.0.0&&< 10.4.1410.4.14composer require typo3/cms-core:^10.4.14
🐘Packagisttypo3/cms-core≥ 11.0.0&&< 11.1.111.1.1composer require typo3/cms-core:^11.1.1
🐘Packagisttypo3/cms≥ 10.0.0&&< 10.4.1410.4.14composer require typo3/cms:^10.4.14
🐘Packagisttypo3/cms≥ 11.0.0&&< 11.1.111.1.1composer require typo3/cms:^11.1.1

Affected Products

1 product · 2 configurations
Application
typo3typo3
≥ 11.0.0 && < 11.1.1
range

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency
  1. Detect

    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.

  2. Fix

    Update typo3/cms-backend to 10.4.14 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-fjh3-g8gq-9q92 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. Workarounds

    Escape or sanitise the affected output on the server side rather than relying on client-side filtering, and add a Content-Security-Policy that blocks inline script execution so injected markup cannot run even if it reaches the page.

Frequently Asked Questions

### Problem It has been discovered that database fields used as _descriptionColumn_ are vulnerable to cross-site scripting when their content gets previewed in the page module. A valid backend user account is needed to exploit this vulnerability. ### Solution Update to TYPO3 versions 10.4.14, 11.1.1 that fix the problem described. ### Credits Thanks to Richie Lee who reported this issue and to TYPO3 framework merger Andreas Fernandez who fixed the issue. ### References * [TYPO3-CORE-SA-2021-007](https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2021-007)
O3 Security · Impact-Aware SCA

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Cross-Site Scripting in Content Preview (Medium 5.4)