--- title: "TYPO3-CORE-SA-2012-002: Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in TYPO3 Core" url: "https://news.typo3.com/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2012-002" description: It has been discovered that TYPO3 Core is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting. image: "https://news.typo3.com/_assets/d1e01514e4c4a5b3147940fa2ec50682/Images/og-image-news.jpg" date: 2026-06-11 modified: 2026-06-11 categories: - "Product Updates & Roadmap" - TYPO3 CMS --- # TYPO3-CORE-SA-2012-002: Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in TYPO3 Core - [Product Updates & Roadmap](https://news.typo3.com/article/category/product-updates-roadmap) - Security / [TYPO3 CMS](https://news.typo3.com/article/category/security/typo3-cms) TYPO3-CORE-SA-2012-002: Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in TYPO3 Core ======================================================================== 17 April 2012 ![A laptop screen displaying a list of security advisories](https://news.typo3.com/typo3temp/assets/_processed_/d/c/csm_security_blog_default_77f8e86036.webp) It has been discovered that TYPO3 Core is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting. - ![](https://news.typo3.com/typo3temp/assets/t3g/blog/gravatar/7569d41262328e5ed8d27b53e03970ec.png)[Helmut Hummel](https://news.typo3.com/article/author/helmut-hummel) **Component Type:** TYPO3 Core **Affected Versions:** 4.4.0 up to 4.4.14, 4.5.0 up to 4.5.14, 4.6.0 up to 4.6.7 and development releases of the 4.7 branch. Vulnerable subcomponent: Exception Handler ------------------------------------------ **Vulnerability Type:** Cross-Site Scripting **Severity:** Medium **Suggested CVSS v2.0:** [AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N/E:F/RL:OF/RC:C](http://jvnrss.ise.chuo-u.ac.jp/jtg/cvss/cvss2.cgi?vector=%28AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N/E:F/RL:OF/RC:C%29&g=3&lang=en "CVSS calculator") ([What's that?](http://buzz.typo3.org/teams/security/article/use-of-common-vulnerability-scoring-system-in-typo3-security-advisories/ "Blog post on CVSS usage")) **CVE:** CVE-2012-2112 ([What's that?](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures)) **Problem Description:** Failing to properly encode the output, the default TYPO3 Exception Handler is susceptible to Cross-Site Scripting. We are not aware of a possibilty to exploit this vulnerability without third party extensions being installed that put user input in exception messages. However it has come to our attention that extensions using the extbase MVC framework can be used to exploit this vulnerability if these extensions accept objects in controller actions. In general and especially when in doubt if the above conditions are met, we highly recommend users of affected versions to update as soon as possible. **Imortant Note:** In case you have configured your own exception handler for TYPO3 you need to make sure that the exception messages are properly encoded within this exception handler before they are presented. **Solution:** Update to the TYPO3 versions 4.4.15, 4.5.15 or 4.6.8 that fix the problem described! **Credits:** Credits go to Security Team Member Helmut Hummel who discovered and reported the issue. **General Advice:** Follow the recommendations that are given in the [TYPO3 Security Guide](http://typo3.org/extension-manuals/doc_guide_security/current/ "Opens external link in new window"). Please subscribe to the [typo3-announce](http://lists.typo3.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/typo3-announce "Subscribe to the typo3-announce mailing list") mailing list. ![](https://news.typo3.com/typo3temp/assets/t3g/blog/gravatar/bb9efc51bced8582e7b8c235f4b5f2b5.png) About the Author [Helmut Hummel](https://news.typo3.com/article/author/helmut-hummel) [More posts by this author](https://news.typo3.com/article/author/helmut-hummel)