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CVE-2009-4159 (GCVE-0-2009-4159)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-12-02 17:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 00:46
VLAI
Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the newsletter configuration feature in the backend module in the Direct Mail (direct_mail) extension 2.6.4 and earlier for TYPO3 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37166 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletin… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/37552 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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