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CVE-2012-1608

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-1608 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) bypass vulnerability in the t3lib_div::RemoveXSS API method within multiple versions of TYPO3, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML using non-printable characters. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability has a network attack vector and low attack complexity, potentially leading to integrity impacts without requiring authentication. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:typo3:typo3:4.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:typo3:typo3:4.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:typo3:typo3:4.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:typo3:typo3:4.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.4.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:typo3:typo3:4.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0230 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 23,684 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: typo3/cmsFixed in: 4.4.14
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: typo3/cmsFixed in: 4.5.14
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: typo3/cmsFixed in: 4.6.7

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-w3v6-r62r-fvqhmedium

Typo3 API XSS Vulnerabilities

May 17, 2022

References

secunia.com / advisories/48647
Vendor Advisory
typo3.org / teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-core/typo3-core-sa-2012-001
Vendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2012/dsa-2445
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/03/30/4
osvdb.org / 80762
securityfocus.com / bid/52771