CVE-2024-28234
mediumpriority · track · 19EPSS 0.006 · 47 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
Contao is an open source content management system. Starting in version 2.0.0 and prior to versions 4.13.40 and 5.3.4, it is possible to inject CSS styles via BBCode in comments. Installations are only affected if BBCode is enabled. Contao versions 4.13.40 and 5.3.4 have a patch for this issue. As a workaround, disable BBCode for comments.
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affected products (7)
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advisories (1)
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- GHSA-j55w-hjpj-825gContao: Insufficient BBCode sanitizer2024-04-09ghsa · osvUS
### Impact If BBCode is enabled for comments, users can inject CSS styles. ### Patches Update to Contao 4.13.40 or 5.3.4. ### Workarounds Disable BBCode for comments. ### References https://contao.org/en/security-advisories/insufficient-bbcode-sanitization ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, open an issue in [contao/contao](https://github.com/contao/contao/issues/new/choose).
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references (13)
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- https://contao.org/en/security-advisories/insufficient-bbcode-sanitizationcnnvd
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2024-28234/cnnvd
- https://github.com/contao/contao/commit/55b995d8d35da0d36bc6a22c53fe6423ab0c4ae2cnnvd
- https://github.com/contao/contao/commit/6d42e667177c972ae7c219645593c262d7764ce2cnnvd
- https://github.com/contao/contao/security/advisories/GHSA-j55w-hjpj-825gcnnvd
- https://contao.org/en/security-advisories/insufficient-bbcode-sanitizationenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/contao/contao/commit/55b995d8d35da0d36bc6a22c53fe6423ab0c4ae2enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/contao/contao/commit/6d42e667177c972ae7c219645593c262d7764ce2enisa_euvd
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