CVE-2012-5889: powermail extension for TYPO3 has Cross-site Scripting vulnerability

May 17, 2022 (updated October 31, 2025)

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the powermail extension before 1.6.5 for TYPO3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74461
github.com/advisories/GHSA-8cg3-jfjx-3pp2
github.com/in2code-de/powermail
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5889
web.archive.org/web/20120701232300/http://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-extensions/typo3-ext-sa-2012-004

Code Behaviors & Features

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