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  • Medium 5.3

    Contao 4.0.0 before 5.3.54, 5.4.0 before 5.7.17, and 6.0.0 before 6.0.6 contains a path traversal vulnerability that al…

  • High 7.1

    Contao 4.0.0 before 5.3.54, 5.4.0 before 5.7.17, and 6.0.0 before 6.0.6 contains an access control bypass vulnerability…

  • Medium 4.3

    Contao: Improper access control in the table access voter

    Contao is an Open Source CMS. From version 5.7.0 until 5.7.12, TableAccessVoter::hasAccessToModule() in core-bundle/src/Security/Voter/DataContainer/TableAccessVoter.php caches authorization decisions using only $tokenHash, a hash of the user's security token…

  • Medium 4.3

    Contao: Improper access control in the preview links module

    Contao is an Open Source CMS. From version 5.7.1 until 5.7.12, core-bundle/config/services.yaml registers the preview access voter as Contao\CoreBundle\Security\Voter\DataContainer\PreviewAccessVoter although the shipped class is PreviewVoter. Symfony therefo…

  • Low 3.5

    Contao: Cross-site request forgery in custom backend actions

    Contao is an Open Source CMS. From version 4.0.0 until 5.3.50 and 5.7.12, RequestTokenListener validates REQUEST_TOKEN only for POST requests, while the declarative GET guard runs only when an act parameter is present. Backend actions dispatched through the k…

  • Critical 9.3

    Contao: Cross-site scripting in the comments bundle

    Contao is an Open Source CMS. From version 4.0.0 until 5.3.50 and 5.7.12, an unauthenticated visitor can submit a comment whose email or website metadata is rendered without sufficient attribute and URL encoding by listComments() in comments-bundle/contao/dca…

  • Medium 5.3

    Contao: Path traversal in the images controller

    Contao is an Open Source CMS. From version 5.0.0 until 5.3.50 and 5.7.12, ImagesController joins the user-controlled {path} parameter to the configured image target directory with Path::join() but does not use Path::isBasePath() to verify that the canonical p…

  • Medium 5.3

    Contao: The registration module re-sends activation mails on any unauthenticated POST, with no throttle and no captcha check

    Contao is an Open Source CMS. From version 4.1.0 until 5.3.50 and 5.7.12, ModuleRegistration::compile() enters its follow-up registration branch on any POST to a page containing the registration module without verifying FORM_SUBMIT or the preceding captcha re…

  • Medium 5.3

    Contao: Protected page content is disclosed to anonymous visitors after contao.search.index_protected is disabled

    Contao is an Open Source CMS. From version 4.0.0 until 5.3.50 and 5.7.12, ModuleSearch can disclose protected page titles, URLs, and indexed context snippets to unauthenticated visitors when contao.search.index_protected is changed from enabled to disabled. A…

  • Low 3.1

    Contao: Possible path traversal in job download URIs

    Contao is an Open Source CMS. In versions 5.7.0 through 5.7.6, an authenticated backend user who can access one job can request an attachment identifier containing ../ segments and make the job attachment download endpoint read a file from another job directo…

  • Low 2.6

    Contao crawler leaks auth credentials to external hosts

    Contao is an Open Source CMS. In versions 4.13.40 through 5.3.46 and 5.7.0-RC1 through 5.7.6, the crawler leaks auth credentials to external hosts. Contao's crawler tries to prevent confidential HTTP client options from being sent to external domains by creat…

  • Low 3.1

    Contao: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) via Unvalidated RSS Feed URL in Feed Reader Module

    Contao is an Open Source CMS. From 5.3.35 through 5.3.47 and from 5.7.0-RC1 through 5.7.8, the Feed Reader front-end module passes configured RSS feed URLs from FeedReaderController::getResponse() to feedIo->read() without scheme or private-address validation…

  • Low 3.3

    Contao is vulnerable to cross-site scripting in templates

    Contao is an Open Source CMS. From version 4.0.0 to before 4.13.57, before 5.3.42, and before 5.6.5, it is possible to inject code into the template output that will be executed in the browser in the front end and back end. This issue has been patched in vers…

  • Medium 6.6

    Contao is vulnerable to remote code execution in template closures

    Contao is an Open Source CMS. From version 4.0.0 to before 4.13.57, before 5.3.42, and before 5.6.5, back end users with precise control over the contents of template closures can execute arbitrary PHP functions that do not have required parameters. This issu…

  • Medium 4.3

    Contao has improper privilege management for page and article fields

    Contao is an Open Source CMS. In versions starting from 5.3.0 and prior to 5.3.38 and 5.6.1, under certain conditions, back end users may be able to edit fields of pages and articles without having the necessary permissions. This issue has been patched in ver…

  • Medium 4.3

    Contao has improper access control in the back end voters

    Contao is an Open Source CMS. In versions starting from 5.0.0 and prior to 5.3.38 and 5.6.1, the table access voter in the back end doesn't check if a user is allowed to access the corresponding module. This issue has been patched in versions 5.3.38 and 5.6.1…

  • Medium 5.3

    Contao discloses information in the news module

    Contao is an Open Source CMS. In versions starting from 5.0.0 and prior to 5.3.38 and 5.6.1, if a news feed contains protected news archives, their news items are not filtered and become publicly available in the RSS feed. This issue has been patched in versi…

  • Medium 5.3

    Contao discloses sensitive information in the front end search index

    Contao is an Open Source CMS. In versions starting from 4.9.14 and prior to 4.13.56, 5.3.38, and 5.6.1, protected content elements that are rendered as fragments are indexed and become publicly available in the front end search. This issue has been patched in…

  • Medium 4.8

    Contao allows cross-site scripting through SVG uploads

    Contao is an Open Source CMS. Users can upload SVG files with malicious code, which is then executed in the back end and/or front end. This vulnerability is fixed in Contao 4.13.54, 5.3.30, or 5.5.6.

  • Medium 6.4

    Contao before 5.5.6 allows XSS via an SVG document. This affects (in contao/core-bundle in Composer) 4.x before 4.13.54…

  • Medium 4.3

    Directory traversal in the file selector widget in contao/core-bundle

    Contao is an Open Source CMS. In affected versions authenticated users in the back end can list files outside the document root in the file selector widget. Users are advised to update to Contao 4.13.49. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

  • High 8.3

    Remote command execution through file upload in contao/core-bundle

    Contao is an Open Source CMS. In affected versions a back end user with access to the file manager can upload malicious files and execute them on the server. Users are advised to update to Contao 4.13.49, 5.3.15 or 5.4.3. Users unable to update are advised to…

  • Medium 5.3

    Insert tag injection via canonical URL in Contao

    Contao is an Open Source CMS. In affected versions an untrusted user can inject insert tags into the canonical tag, which are then replaced on the web page (front end). Users are advised to update to Contao 4.13.49, 5.3.15 or 5.4.3. Users unable to upgrade sh…

  • Medium 5.9

    Contao's remember-me tokens will not be cleared after a password change

    Contao is an open source content management system. Prior to version 4.13.40, when a frontend member changes their password in the personal data or the password lost module, the corresponding remember-me tokens are not removed. If someone compromises an accou…

  • High 8.4

    Contao possible cookie sharing with external domains while checking protected pages for broken links

    Contao is an open source content management system. Starting in version 4.9.0 and prior to versions 4.13.40 and 5.3.4, when checking for broken links on protected pages, Contao sends the cookie header to external urls as well, the passed options for the http …

  • Medium 4.3

    Contao has insufficient BBCode sanitizer

    Contao is an open source content management system. Starting in version 2.0.0 and prior to versions 4.13.40 and 5.3.4, it is possible to inject CSS styles via BBCode in comments. Installations are only affected if BBCode is enabled. Contao versions 4.13.40 an…

  • Low 3.1

    Contao may have unencoded insert tags in the frontend

    Contao is an open source content management system. Starting in version 4.0.0 and prior to version 4.13.40 and 5.3.4, it is possible to inject insert tags in frontend forms if the output is structured in a very specific way. Contao versions 4.13.40 and 5.3.4 …

  • Medium 5.4

    Contao core bundle vulnerable to cross site scripting in the file manager

    Contao is an open source content management system. Starting in version 4.0.0 and prior to version 4.13.40 and 5.3.4, users can inject malicious code in filenames when uploading files (back end and front end), which is then executed in tooltips and popups in …

  • Medium 6.5

    Contao cross site scripting vulnerability via input unit widget

    Contao is an open source content management system. Starting in version 4.0.0 and prior to versions 4.9.42, 4.13.28, and 5.1.10, it is possible for untrusted backend users to inject malicious code into headline fields in the back end, which will be executed b…

  • Medium 4.3

    contao/core-bundle has path traversal vulnerability in the file manager

    Contao is an open source content management system. Prior to versions 4.9.40, 4.13.21, and 5.1.4, logged in users can list arbitrary system files in the file manager by manipulating the Ajax request. However, it is not possible to read the contents of these f…

  • High 7.2

    Cross site scripting via canonical tag

    Contao is a powerful open source CMS that allows you to create professional websites and scalable web applications. In versions of Contao prior to 4.13.3 it is possible to inject code into the canonical tag. As a workaround users may disable canonical tags in…

  • High 8.0

    Privilege escalation via form generator

    Contao is an open source CMS that allows creation of websites and scalable web applications. In affected versions it is possible to gain privileged rights in the Contao back end. Installations are only affected if they have untrusted back end users who have a…

  • High 7.2

    PHP file inclusion via insert tags

    Contao is an open source CMS that allows you to create websites and scalable web applications. In affected versions it is possible to load PHP files by entering insert tags in the Contao back end. Installations are only affected if they have untrusted back en…

  • High 8.8

    Contao core SQL Injection Vulnerability

    contao prior to 2.11.4 has a sql injection vulnerability