CVE-2018-5478: Contao Cross-site Scripting vulnerabililty

medium Affects contao/core. Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published 2023-09-21; advisory modified 2024-05-19.

Contao Cross-site Scripting vulnerabililty

Package: contao/core Composer
Affected versions: >=3.0.0 and <3.5.32
Fixed in: 3.5.32
Severity: medium CVSS 6.1
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 0% (35.6th percentile)
Published: 2023-09-21
Source: osv.dev

References

CWE-79

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