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eZ Publish Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

  • Disclosed: 14.05.2022
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

eZ Systems eZ Publish version 5.4.0 to 5.4.9, and 5.3.12.0 and older, is vulnerable to an XSS issue in the search module, resulting in a risk of attackers injecting scripts which may e.g. steal authentication credentials.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Composer package ezsystems/ezpublish-legacy >= 5.4.0, < 5.4.10, >= 5.3.0, < 5.3.12.1 5.4.10, 5.3.12.1

References

CVSS score 6.1/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-79
Platform
Composer
Package
ezsystems/ezpublish-legacy
Disclosed
14.05.2022
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-m98q-p5gq-q5ff - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: ezsystems/ezpublish-legacy

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Composer package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (11) in the archive
Total entries
11
First → latest
09.2021 05.2026
Without a fix
1
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 1
  • High 6
  • Medium 4

Disclosures per year

Severity:
  1. ezsystems/ezpublish-legacy has a SQL injection in dfscleanup
    High · 7.1 CVE-2026-38739 = 2019.03 no fix
  2. EZsystems Remote code execution in file uploads
    High ghsa-9895-26wr-4fgv >= 2019.3.0, < 2019.3.4.2, >= 2017.12.0, < 2017.12.7.2, >= 5.4.0, < 5.4.14.1 2019.3.4.2, 2017.12.7.2, 5.4.14.1
  3. eZ Publish Legacy Passwordless login for LDAP users
    High ghsa-p9mp-vq4v-v5m5 >= 2018.9.0, < 2018.9.1.1, >= 2018.6.0, < 2018.6.1.2, >= 2011.0.0, < 2017.12.4.1, >= 5.4.0, < 5.4.12.1, >= 5.3.0, < 5.3.12.4 2018.9.1.1, 2018.6.1.2, 2017.12.4.1, 5.4.12.1, 5.3.12.4
  4. eZ Publish Legacy Patch EZSA-2018-001 for Several vulnerabilities
    High ghsa-82rv-45pc-v28w >= 2011.0.0, < 2017.12.2.1, >= 5.4.0, < 5.4.11.3, >= 5.3.0, < 5.3.12.3 2017.12.2.1, 5.4.11.3, 5.3.12.3
  5. eZ Publish Information disclosure in backend content tree menu
    High ghsa-cc2j-92jq-wgjg >= 2011.0.0, < 2017.8.1.1, >= 5.4.0, < 5.4.10.1, >= 5.3.0, < 5.3.12.2 2017.8.1.1, 5.4.10.1, 5.3.12.2
  6. eZ Publish Kernel and Legacy Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
    Critical · 9.8 CVE-2020-10806 < 5.4.14.1, >= 2017, < 2017.12.7.2, >= 2019, < 2019.03.4.2 5.4.14.1, 2017.12.7.2, 2019.03.4.2
  7. eZ Publish Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability this entry
    Medium · 6.1 CVE-2017-1000431 >= 5.4.0, < 5.4.10, >= 5.3.0, < 5.3.12.1 5.4.10, 5.3.12.1
  8. Content object state fetch functions open to SQL injection
    High ghsa-jpwx-ffjq-wr4w >= 2018.06.0, < 2019.03.6.1, < 2017.12.7.4 2019.03.6.1, 2017.12.7.4

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