Vulnerabilities > CVE-2009-3633 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Typo3

047910
CVSS 4.3 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
NONE
network
typo3
CWE-352
nessus
NVD
Published: 2009-11-02
Updated: 2017-08-17

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the t3lib_div::quoteJSvalue API function in TYPO3 4.0.13 and earlier, 4.1.x before 4.1.13, 4.2.x before 4.2.10, and 4.3.x before 4.3beta2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors related to the sanitizing algorithm.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Typo3
63

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • JSON Hijacking (aka JavaScript Hijacking)
    An attacker targets a system that uses JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) as a transport mechanism between the client and the server (common in Web 2.0 systems using AJAX) to steal possibly confidential information transmitted from the server back to the client inside the JSON object by taking advantage of the loophole in the browser's Same Origin Policy that does not prohibit JavaScript from one website to be included and executed in the context of another website. An attacker gets the victim to visit his or her malicious page that contains a script tag whose source points to the vulnerable system with a URL that requests a response from the server containing a JSON object with possibly confidential information. The malicious page also contains malicious code to capture the JSON object returned by the server before any other processing on it can take place, typically by overriding the JavaScript function used to create new objects. This hook allows the malicious code to get access to the creation of each object and transmit the possibly sensitive contents of the captured JSON object to the attackers' server. There is nothing in the browser's security model to prevent the attackers' malicious JavaScript code (originating from attacker's domain) to set up an environment (as described above) to intercept a JSON object response (coming from the vulnerable target system's domain), read its contents and transmit to the attackers' controlled site. The same origin policy protects the domain object model (DOM), but not the JSON.
  • Cross-Domain Search Timing
    An attacker initiates cross domain HTTP / GET requests and times the server responses. The timing of these responses may leak important information on what is happening on the server. Browser's same origin policy prevents the attacker from directly reading the server responses (in the absence of any other weaknesses), but does not prevent the attacker from timing the responses to requests that the attacker issued cross domain. For GET requests an attacker could for instance leverage the "img" tag in conjunction with "onload() / onerror()" javascript events. For the POST requests, an attacker could leverage the "iframe" element and leverage the "onload()" event. There is nothing in the current browser security model that prevents an attacker to use these methods to time responses to the attackers' cross domain requests. The timing for these responses leaks information. For instance, if a victim has an active session with their online e-mail account, an attacker could issue search requests in the victim's mailbox. While the attacker is not able to view the responses, based on the timings of the responses, the attacker could ask yes / no questions as to the content of victim's e-mails, who the victim e-mailed, when, etc. This is but one example; There are other scenarios where an attacker could infer potentially sensitive information from cross domain requests by timing the responses while asking the right questions that leak information.
  • Cross Site Identification
    An attacker harvests identifying information about a victim via an active session that the victim's browser has with a social networking site. A victim may have the social networking site open in one tab or perhaps is simply using the "remember me" feature to keep his or her session with the social networking site active. An attacker induces a payload to execute in the victim's browser that transparently to the victim initiates a request to the social networking site (e.g., via available social network site APIs) to retrieve identifying information about a victim. While some of this information may be public, the attacker is able to harvest this information in context and may use it for further attacks on the user (e.g., spear phishing). In one example of an attack, an attacker may post a malicious posting that contains an image with an embedded link. The link actually requests identifying information from the social networking site. A victim who views the malicious posting in his or her browser will have sent identifying information to the attacker, as long as the victim had an active session with the social networking site. There are many other ways in which the attacker may get the payload to execute in the victim's browser mainly by finding a way to hide it in some reputable site that the victim visits. The attacker could also send the link to the victim in an e-mail and trick the victim into clicking on the link. This attack is basically a cross site request forgery attack with two main differences. First, there is no action that is performed on behalf of the user aside from harvesting information. So standard CSRF protection may not work in this situation. Second, what is important in this attack pattern is the nature of the data being harvested, which is identifying information that can be obtained and used in context. This real time harvesting of identifying information can be used as a prelude for launching real time targeted social engineering attacks on the victim.
  • Cross Site Request Forgery (aka Session Riding)
    An attacker crafts malicious web links and distributes them (via web pages, email, etc.), typically in a targeted manner, hoping to induce users to click on the link and execute the malicious action against some third-party application. If successful, the action embedded in the malicious link will be processed and accepted by the targeted application with the users' privilege level. This type of attack leverages the persistence and implicit trust placed in user session cookies by many web applications today. In such an architecture, once the user authenticates to an application and a session cookie is created on the user's system, all following transactions for that session are authenticated using that cookie including potential actions initiated by an attacker and simply "riding" the existing session cookie.

Nessus

  • NASL familyFreeBSD Local Security Checks
    NASL idFREEBSD_PKG_6693BAD2CA5011DE8EE800215C6A37BB.NASL
    descriptionTYPO3 develop team reports : Affected versions: TYPO3 versions 4.0.13 and below, 4.1.12 and below, 4.2.9 and below, 4.3.0beta1 and below. SQL injection, Cross-site scripting (XSS), Information disclosure, Frame hijacking, Remote shell command execution and Insecure Install Tool authentication/session handling.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id42404
    published2009-11-06
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/42404
    titleFreeBSD : typo3 -- multiple vulnerabilities in TYPO3 Core (6693bad2-ca50-11de-8ee8-00215c6a37bb)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from the FreeBSD VuXML database :
#
# Copyright 2003-2018 Jacques Vidrine and contributors
#
# Redistribution and use in source (VuXML) and 'compiled' forms (SGML,
# HTML, PDF, PostScript, RTF and so forth) with or without modification,
# are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
# 1. Redistributions of source code (VuXML) must retain the above
#    copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
#    disclaimer as the first lines of this file unmodified.
# 2. Redistributions in compiled form (transformed to other DTDs,
#    published online in any format, converted to PDF, PostScript,
#    RTF and other formats) must reproduce the above copyright
#    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
#    in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
#    distribution.
# 
# THIS DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
# AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
# THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
# PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS
# BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY,
# OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT
# OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR
# BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
# WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE
# OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS DOCUMENTATION,
# EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(42404);
  script_version("1.13");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:40");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2009-3628", "CVE-2009-3629", "CVE-2009-3630", "CVE-2009-3631", "CVE-2009-3632", "CVE-2009-3633", "CVE-2009-3634", "CVE-2009-3635", "CVE-2009-3636");
  script_bugtraq_id(36801);
  script_xref(name:"Secunia", value:"37122");

  script_name(english:"FreeBSD : typo3 -- multiple vulnerabilities in TYPO3 Core (6693bad2-ca50-11de-8ee8-00215c6a37bb)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package in pkg_info output");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"TYPO3 develop team reports :

Affected versions: TYPO3 versions 4.0.13 and below, 4.1.12 and below,
4.2.9 and below, 4.3.0beta1 and below.

SQL injection, Cross-site scripting (XSS), Information disclosure,
Frame hijacking, Remote shell command execution and Insecure Install
Tool authentication/session handling."
  );
  # http://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-sa-2009-016/
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?c37d7168"
  );
  # https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/6693bad2-ca50-11de-8ee8-00215c6a37bb.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?9d2d794e"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected package.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_cwe_id(79, 89, 94, 200, 287, 352);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:typo3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2009/10/22");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2009/11/05");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2009/11/06");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"FreeBSD Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/FreeBSD/release", "Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("freebsd_package.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "FreeBSD");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;

if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"typo3<4.2.10")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:pkg_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-1926.NASL
    descriptionSeveral remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the TYPO3 web content management framework. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2009-3628 The Backend subcomponent allows remote authenticated users to determine an encryption key via crafted input to a form field. - CVE-2009-3629 Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Backend subcomponent allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML. - CVE-2009-3630 The Backend subcomponent allows remote authenticated users to place arbitrary websites in TYPO3 backend framesets via crafted parameters. - CVE-2009-3631 The Backend subcomponent, when the DAM extension or ftp upload is enabled, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a filename. - CVE-2009-3632 SQL injection vulnerability in the traditional frontend editing feature in the Frontend Editing subcomponent allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands. - CVE-2009-3633 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script. - CVE-2009-3634 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Frontend Login Box (aka felogin) subcomponent allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML. - CVE-2009-3635 The Install Tool subcomponent allows remote attackers to gain access by using only the password
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id44791
    published2010-02-24
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2010-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/44791
    titleDebian DSA-1926-1 : typo3-src - several vulnerabilities
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-1926. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(44791);
  script_version("1.11");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:22");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2009-3628", "CVE-2009-3629", "CVE-2009-3630", "CVE-2009-3631", "CVE-2009-3632", "CVE-2009-3633", "CVE-2009-3634", "CVE-2009-3635", "CVE-2009-3636");
  script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"1926");

  script_name(english:"Debian DSA-1926-1 : typo3-src - several vulnerabilities");
  script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the TYPO3 web
content management framework. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
project identifies the following problems :

  - CVE-2009-3628
    The Backend subcomponent allows remote authenticated
    users to determine an encryption key via crafted input
    to a form field.

  - CVE-2009-3629
    Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in
    the Backend subcomponent allow remote authenticated
    users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML.

  - CVE-2009-3630
    The Backend subcomponent allows remote authenticated
    users to place arbitrary websites in TYPO3 backend
    framesets via crafted parameters.

  - CVE-2009-3631
    The Backend subcomponent, when the DAM extension or ftp
    upload is enabled, allows remote authenticated users to
    execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a
    filename.

  - CVE-2009-3632
    SQL injection vulnerability in the traditional frontend
    editing feature in the Frontend Editing subcomponent
    allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary
    SQL commands.

  - CVE-2009-3633
    Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability allows remote
    attackers to inject arbitrary web script.

  - CVE-2009-3634
    Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Frontend
    Login Box (aka felogin) subcomponent allows remote
    attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML.

  - CVE-2009-3635
    The Install Tool subcomponent allows remote attackers to
    gain access by using only the password's md5 hash as a
    credential.

  - CVE-2009-3636
    Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Install
    Tool subcomponent allows remote attackers to inject
    arbitrary web script or HTML."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=552020"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-3628"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-3629"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-3630"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-3631"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-3632"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-3633"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-3634"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-3635"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-3636"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1926"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"Upgrade the typo3-src package.

For the old stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed
in version 4.0.2+debian-9.

For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in
version 4.2.5-1+lenny2."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_cwe_id(79, 89, 94, 200, 287, 352);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:typo3-src");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2009/11/04");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2010/02/24");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2010-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"typo3", reference:"4.0.2+debian-9")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"typo3-src-4.0", reference:"4.0.2+debian-9")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"5.0", prefix:"typo3", reference:"4.2.5-1+lenny2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"5.0", prefix:"typo3-src-4.2", reference:"4.2.5-1+lenny2")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");

References