Security advisories

Here you will find a list of vulnerabilities that have already been found and fixed in Contao. If you think that you have found a security issue in Contao, please report it according to our security policy.

Session cookie disclosure in the crawler

by Leo Feyer

Date: 2024-04-09
CVE ID: CVE-2024-28235

If the crawler is set to crawl protected pages, it sends the cookie header to externals URLs.

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Cross site scripting in the file manager

by Leo Feyer

Date: 2024-04-09
CVE ID: CVE-2024-28190

Users can insert malicious code into file names when uploading files, which is then executed in tooltips and popups in the back end.

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Insert tag injection via the form generator

by Leo Feyer

Date: 2024-04-09
CVE ID: CVE-2024-28191

It is possible to inject insert tags via the form generator if the submitted form data is output on the page in a specific way.

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Remember-me tokens are not cleared after a password change

by Leo Feyer

Date: 2024-04-09
CVE ID: CVE-2024-30262

When a front end member changes their password, the corresponding remember-me tokens are not removed.

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Insufficient BBCode sanitization

by Leo Feyer

Date: 2024-04-09
CVE ID: CVE-2024-28234

If BBCode is enabled for comments, users can inject CSS styles.

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Cross site scripting in widgets with units

by Leo Feyer

Date: 2023-07-25
CVE ID: CVE-2023-36806

Authenticated users can inject malicious code in widgets with units.

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Directory traversal in the file manager

by Leo Feyer

Date: 2023-04-25
CVE ID: CVE-2023-29200

Authenticated users in the back end can list files outside the document root in the file manager.

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Cross site scripting via canonical URL

by Leo Feyer

Date: 2022-05-05
CVE ID: CVE-2022-24899

Untrusted users can inject malicious code into the canonical tag, which is then executed on the web page (front end).

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Privilege escalation with the form generator

by Leo Feyer

Date: 2021-08-11
CVE ID: CVE-2021-37627

It is possible for untrusted users to gain administrator rights with the form generator.

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PHP file inclusion via insert tags

by Leo Feyer

Date: 2021-08-11
CVE ID: CVE-2021-37626

It is possible for untrusted users to load arbitrary PHP files via insert tags.

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