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TYPO3-PSA-2019-005: Cross-Site Scripting in Bootstrap CSS toolkit before 3.4.1 and 4.3.0

Categories: Development Created by Oliver Hader
It has been discovered that 3rd party library Bootstrap CSS toolkit bundled with TYPO3 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting through prototype pollution.
  • Release Date: May 7, 2019
  • Component Type: Bootstrap CSS toolkit (bundled in TYPO3 core package, ext:core)
  • Impact: Cross-Site Scripting, Known Vulnerability
  • Affected Versions: all Bootstrap versions before 3.4.1, 4.3.0
  • CVE: CVE-2019-8331

Problem Description

In Bootstrap before 3.4.1 and 4.3.x before 4.3.1, cross-site scripting is possible in the tooltip or popover data-template attribute.

Solution

An official fix has been released with Bootstrap versions 3.4.1 and 4.3.1, see blog.getbootstrap.com/2019/02/13/bootstrap-4-3-1-and-3-4-1/ for details.

Update to TYPO3 versions 8.7.25 or 9.5.6 that fix the problem described. 

Extension authors bundling Bootstrap versions with their source code are advised to upgrade or patch those vulnerable versions accordingly.

General Advice

Follow the recommendations that are given in the TYPO3 Security Guide. Please subscribe to the typo3-announce mailing list.