CVE-2023-36806: Contao

Medium severity, CVSS 5.4. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Contao is an open source content management system. Starting in version 4.0.0 and prior to versions 4.9.42, 4.13.28, and 5.1.10, it is possible for untrusted backend users to inject malicious code into headline fields in the back end, which will be executed both in the element preview (back end) and on the website (front end). Installations are only affected if there are untrusted back end users who have the rights to modify headline fields, or other fields using the input unit widget. Contao 4.9.42, 4.13.28, and 5.1.10 have a patch for this issue. As a workaround, disable the login for all untrusted back end users.

Affected products

• Contao Contao: from 4.0.0, before 4.9.42 (fixed in 4.9.42); from 4.10.0, before 4.13.28 (fixed in 4.13.28); from 5.0.0, before 5.1.10 (fixed in 5.1.10)

Published 2023-07-25. Last modified 2026-06-17.