Medium severity4.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 8, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-6905

Description

The page module in TYPO3 before 8.7.11, and 9.1.0, has XSS via $GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['SYS']['sitename'], as demonstrated by an admin entering a crafted site name during the installation process.

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Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
typo3/cmsPackagist	< 9.2.0	9.2.0

Affected products

TYPO3/Typo3
cpe:2.3:a:typo3:typo3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <8.7.11
ghsa-coords
pkg:composer/typo3/cms
Range: < 9.2.0

Patches

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References

forge.typo3.org/issues/84191nvdPatchVendor AdvisoryWEB
www.securitytracker.com/id/1040755nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB EntryWEB
github.com/advisories/GHSA-3w22-wrwx-2r75ghsaADVISORY
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6905ghsaADVISORY
github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/d2c0ea7db3b31a796a82f9d39f77f9983beb7c35ghsaWEB

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