{
  "affected": [
    {
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "product": "core",
          "vendor": "redaxo",
          "versions": [
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "\u003c 5.21.2"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "source": "security-advisories@github.com"
    }
  ],
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "REDAXO is a PHP-based content management system. Prior to 5.21.2, the mediaIsInUse() handler in redaxo/src/addons/media_manager/lib/media_manager.php inserts a Media Manager type name into raw backend warning HTML without escaping it when invoked through MEDIA_IS_IN_USE. An administrator with Media Manager access can store HTML in a type name, and the payload executes in another administrator\u0027s browser when that administrator tries to delete media referenced by the type\u0027s effects, enabling session theft or unauthorized backend actions. This issue is fixed in version 5.21.2."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2026-63001",
  "lastModified": "2026-09-23T15:17:15.617",
  "metrics": {
    "cvssMetricV31": [
      {
        "cvssData": {
          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
          "availabilityImpact": "NONE",
          "baseScore": 4.8,
          "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
          "confidentialityImpact": "LOW",
          "integrityImpact": "LOW",
          "privilegesRequired": "HIGH",
          "scope": "CHANGED",
          "userInteraction": "REQUIRED",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
          "version": "3.1"
        },
        "exploitabilityScore": 1.7,
        "impactScore": 2.7,
        "source": "security-advisories@github.com",
        "type": "Secondary"
      }
    ]
  },
  "published": "2026-09-23T15:17:15.617",
  "references": [
    {
      "source": "security-advisories@github.com",
      "url": "https://github.com/redaxo/core/commit/2daaa3a30570bc76a82f63fd21fb8c9c2cd5dc7c"
    },
    {
      "source": "security-advisories@github.com",
      "url": "https://github.com/redaxo/core/pull/6581"
    },
    {
      "source": "security-advisories@github.com",
      "url": "https://github.com/redaxo/core/releases/tag/5.21.2"
    },
    {
      "source": "security-advisories@github.com",
      "url": "https://github.com/redaxo/core/security/advisories/GHSA-mf2p-wjp4-99pq"
    }
  ],
  "sourceIdentifier": "security-advisories@github.com",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "weaknesses": [
    {
      "description": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-79"
        }
      ],
      "source": "security-advisories@github.com",
      "type": "Primary"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "last_known_affected_version_range": "\u003c= 5.21.1"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Packagist",
        "name": "redaxo/source"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "5.21.2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-63001"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-79"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-09-23T14:04:40Z",
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "### Summary\n\nA stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in REDAXO CMS 5.x. When an administrator attempts to delete a media file that is referenced by a Media Manager effect, the warning message rendered in the backend includes the type\u0027s `name` field without HTML escaping. An attacker with access to the Media Manager addon can store an XSS payload as a type name; the payload executes in the browser of any administrator who subsequently tries to delete a media file linked to that type\u0027s effects. This can lead to session hijacking and full backend account takeover.\n\n---\n\n### Details\n\n**File:** `redaxo/src/addons/media_manager/lib/media_manager.php`\n**Function:** `mediaIsInUse()` \u2014 registered on the `MEDIA_IS_IN_USE` extension point in `boot.php`\n\nWhen `rex_media_service::deleteMedia()` is called, it invokes `rex_mediapool::mediaIsInUse($filename)`, which fires the `MEDIA_IS_IN_USE` extension point. The media_manager addon\u0027s handler queries all effects whose `parameters` JSON contains the filename, then constructs an HTML anchor with the type name inserted verbatim:\n\n```php\n// media_manager.php ~line 457  \u2190 VULNERABLE\n$message = \u0027\u003ca href=\"javascript:openPage(\\\u0027\u0027 . rex_url::backendPage(...) . \u0027\\\u0027)\"\u003e\u0027\n    . rex_i18n::msg(\u0027media_manager\u0027) . \u0027 \u0027\n    . rex_i18n::msg(\u0027media_manager_effect_name\u0027) . \u0027: \u0027\n    . (string) $sql-\u003egetValue(\u0027name\u0027)   // \u2190 NO rex_escape() call\n    . \u0027\u003c/a\u003e\u0027;\n```\n\nThe returned `$message` string is concatenated into the exception message thrown by `deleteMedia()` and rendered by `rex_view::error()` as raw HTML.\n\n**Contrast with the correct pattern used elsewhere in the same addon:**\n\n```php\n// types.php line 91  \u2190 CORRECT\n$name = \u0027\u003cb\u003e\u0027 . rex_escape($list-\u003egetValue(\u0027name\u0027)) . \u0027\u003c/b\u003e\u0027;\n```\n\n**Input validation gap:** `types.php` line 200 validates the type name with the rule `NOT_MATCH \u0027{[/\\\\]}\u0027`, which blocks `{`, `/`, and `\\` but permits `\u003c`, `\u003e`, `\"`, `\u0027`, and `\u0026` \u2014 all characters required to inject HTML.\n\n---\n\n### PoC\n\n\n\u003cimg width=\"2074\" height=\"1720\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/207f85d3-f4e2-4828-9211-8da36ec9c43d\" /\u003e\n\n\n**Test environment:** REDAXO 5.x running at `http://localhost/`\n**Account required:** Any REDAXO backend administrator\n**Test credentials:** username `admin` / password `Admin12345!`\n\n#### Step 1 \u2014 Seed test data directly into the database (single CMD command)\n\n```cmd\ndocker exec -i 34--core-5x-redaxo-1 php -r \"$p=new PDO(\u0027mysql:host=db;dbname=redaxo\u0027,\u0027redaxo\u0027,\u0027redaxo\u0027);$p-\u003eexec(\\\"INSERT IGNORE INTO rex_media(category_id,attributes,filetype,filename,originalname,filesize,width,height,title,createdate,createuser,updatedate,updateuser) VALUES(0,\u0027\u0027,\u0027image/jpeg\u0027,\u0027xss_test.jpg\u0027,\u0027xss_test.jpg\u0027,284,1,1,\u0027XSS Test\u0027,NOW(),\u0027admin\u0027,NOW(),\u0027admin\u0027)\\\");$tid=$p-\u003equery(\\\"SELECT id FROM rex_media_manager_type WHERE name=\u0027\u003cimg src=x onerror=alert(document.domain)\u003e\u0027\\\")-\u003efetchColumn();if(!$tid){$p-\u003eprepare(\\\"INSERT INTO rex_media_manager_type(status,name,description,createdate,createuser,updatedate,updateuser) VALUES(1,?,\u0027poc\u0027,NOW(),\u0027admin\u0027,NOW(),\u0027admin\u0027)\\\")-\u003eexecute([\u0027\u003cimg src=x onerror=alert(document.domain)\u003e\u0027]);$tid=$p-\u003elastInsertId();}$p-\u003eprepare(\\\"INSERT IGNORE INTO rex_media_manager_type_effect(type_id,effect,parameters,priority,createdate,createuser,updatedate,updateuser) VALUES(?,\u0027watermark\u0027,?,1,NOW(),\u0027admin\u0027,NOW(),\u0027admin\u0027)\\\")-\u003eexecute([$tid,json_encode([\u0027rex_effect_watermark\u0027=\u003e[\u0027watermark_image\u0027=\u003e\u0027xss_test.jpg\u0027]])]);echo \\\"OK type_id=$tid\\n\\\";\"\n```\n\n#### Step 2 \u2014 Place a 1\u00d71 JPEG in the media directory\n\n```cmd\ndocker exec 34--core-5x-redaxo-1 sh -c \"printf \u0027\\xff\\xd8\\xff\\xe0\\x00\\x10JFIF\\x00\\x01\\x01\\x00\\x00\\x01\\x00\\x01\\x00\\x00\\xff\\xdb\\x00C\\x00\\x08\\x06\\x06\\x07\\x06\\x05\\x08\\x07\\x07\\x07\\t\\t\\x08\\n\\x0c\\x14\\r\\x0c\\x0b\\x0b\\x0c\\x19\\x12\\x13\\x0f\\x14\\x1d\\x1a\\x1f\\x1e\\x1d\\x1a\\x1c\\x1c $.\\\u0027 \\\",#\\x1c\\x1c(7),01444\\x1f\\x27=82\u003c.342\\x1e\u003e\\x1b\\x1b123\\x1e4\\x1c\\x1f\\xff\\xc0\\x00\\x0b\\x08\\x00\\x01\\x00\\x01\\x01\\x01\\x11\\x00\\xff\\xc4\\x00\\x1f\\x00\\x00\\x01\\x05\\x01\\x01\\x01\\x01\\x01\\x01\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x01\\x02\\x03\\x04\\x05\\x06\\x07\\x08\\t\\n\\x0b\\xff\\xda\\x00\\x08\\x01\\x01\\x00\\x00?\\x00\\xf5\\x00\\xff\\xd9\u0027 \u003e /var/www/html/media/xss_test.jpg\"\n```\n\n#### Step 3 \u2014 Login to the backend\n\nOpen a browser and navigate to:\n\n```\nhttp://localhost/redaxo/index.php\n```\n\nLogin with: **admin** / **Admin12345!**\n\n#### Step 4 \u2014 Trigger the XSS\n\nNavigate to the media file detail page:\n\n```\nhttp://localhost/redaxo/index.php?page=mediapool/media\u0026file_id=1\n```\n\nClick the **Delete** button. REDAXO checks whether the file is in use, finds the Watermark effect whose `parameters` JSON references `xss_test.jpg`, and renders the type name in the warning HTML without escaping.\n\n**Result:** The browser executes `\u003cimg src=x onerror=alert(document.domain)\u003e` and an alert dialog showing the current domain appears immediately.\n\n---\n\n### Impact\n\n**Vulnerability type:** Stored Cross-Site Scripting (Stored XSS)\n\n**Who is impacted:**\nAny backend administrator who attempts to delete a media file that is referenced by a Media Manager effect. A malicious administrator (or an attacker who has compromised any admin account) can pre-plant a payload in a type name. All other administrators who later try to delete affected media files will have the payload executed in their browser sessions.\n\n**Exploitability:**\n- Privilege required to plant: Administrator (access to Media Manager addon)\n- Privilege required to trigger: Administrator (access to Mediapool)\n- User interaction required: Victim must click \"Delete\" on a media file\n\n**Realistic attack scenarios:**\n- Session cookie theft via `document.cookie` exfiltration (leads to full account takeover)\n- Credential harvesting by dynamically replacing the login form\n- CSRF-token extraction to perform authenticated actions on behalf of the victim\n\n---\n\n### Fix\n\nApply `rex_escape()` to the type name before concatenating it into the HTML anchor:\n\n```php\n// media_manager.php \u2014 apply rex_escape() to the name value\n$message = \u0027\u003ca href=\"javascript:openPage(\\\u0027\u0027 . rex_url::backendPage(...) . \u0027\\\u0027)\"\u003e\u0027\n    . rex_i18n::msg(\u0027media_manager\u0027) . \u0027 \u0027\n    . rex_i18n::msg(\u0027media_manager_effect_name\u0027) . \u0027: \u0027\n    . rex_escape((string) $sql-\u003egetValue(\u0027name\u0027))   // \u2190 ADD rex_escape()\n    . \u0027\u003c/a\u003e\u0027;\n```",
  "id": "GHSA-mf2p-wjp4-99pq",
  "modified": "2026-09-23T14:04:40Z",
  "published": "2026-09-23T14:04:40Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/redaxo/core/security/advisories/GHSA-mf2p-wjp4-99pq"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/redaxo/core/pull/6581"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/redaxo/core/commit/2daaa3a30570bc76a82f63fd21fb8c9c2cd5dc7c"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/redaxo/core"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/redaxo/core/releases/tag/5.21.2"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "REDAXO: Stored XSS via Unescaped Media Manager Type Name in `mediaIsInUse()`"
}