CVE-2026-107845
criticalpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.003 · 20 %ileDEUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Contao is an Open Source CMS. From version 4.0.0 until 5.3.50 and 5.7.12, an unauthenticated visitor can submit a comment whose email or website metadata is rendered without sufficient attribute and URL encoding by listComments() in comments-bundle/contao/dca/tl_comments.php. When a backend user opens the Comments module, attacker-controlled script can execute in the Contao backend origin under that user's session. Unpublished comments remain visible to moderators, so moderation does not prevent exposure. This issue is fixed in versions 5.3.50 and 5.7.12.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 8.5–9.3
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affected products (6)
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advisories (2)
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- WID-SEC-W-2026-2999Contao: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-08-24csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Contao ausnutzen, um Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, Berechtigungen zu erweitern und möglicherweise Administratorrechte zu erlangen, Cross-Site-Scripting-Angriffe durchzuführen, sensible Informationen offenzulegen und Daten zu manipulieren.
- GHSA-628f-v4f6-p37rContao: Cross-site scripting in the comments bundle2026-10-09ghsa · osvUS
An unauthenticated front end visitor can post a comment containing a XSS injection. The victim is any back end user who opens the Comments module, and moderation makes exposure certain rather than preventing it. No `Content-Security-Policy` header is sent on the Contao back end, so nothing mitigates the inline handler. ### Impact Anyone on the internet can inject script that executes in the Contao back end origin, under the session of whichever user opens the Comments module, with no click and no hover. From there the payload acts as that user through the back end: reading any module they can reach, creating a new administrator, or editing a template, which on Contao is a documented path from back end write access to code execution. Moderation does not help and in fact guarantees exposure, since unpublished comments are still inserted and a moderator has to open the list to act on them.
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