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medium 5.3

CVE-2024-45612 json

Insert tag injection via canonical URL in Contao

published 2y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2024-2699 , GHSA-2xpq-xp6c-5mgj

cvss
5.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 22%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Contao is an Open Source CMS. In affected versions an untrusted user can inject insert tags into the canonical tag, which are then replaced on the web page (front end). Users are advised to update to Contao 4.13.49, 5.3.15 or 5.4.3. Users unable to upgrade should disable canonical tags in the root page settings.

Patch / fix

  • packagist contao/core-bundle 4.13.49, 5.3.15, 5.4.3
  • contao contao 4.13.49, 5.3.15, 5.4.3

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2y ago

Exploit prediction

0.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 22% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
packagist contao/core-bundle
>=4.13.0, <4.13.49
>=5.0.0, <5.3.15
>=5.4.0, <5.4.3
4.13.49
5.3.15
5.4.3

Affected products

  • contao contao

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
  • CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

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CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.