Server-side Request Forgery (SSRF) Affecting typo3/cms package, versions >=10.0.0, <10.4.2>=9.0.0, <9.5.17


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
0.08% (37th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PHP-TYPO3CMS-568946
  • published12 May 2020
  • disclosed12 May 2020
  • creditMatteo Bonaker

Introduced: 12 May 2020

CVE-2020-11069  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-918  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade typo3/cms to version 10.4.2, 9.5.17 or higher.

Overview

typo3/cms is a free open source Content Management Framework.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Server-side Request Forgery (SSRF). It has been discovered that the backend user interface and install tool are vulnerable to same-site request forgery. A backend user can be tricked into interacting with a malicious resource an attacker previously managed to upload to the web server - scripts are then executed with the privileges of the victims’ user session.

In a worst case scenario new admin users can be created which can directly be used by an attacker. The vulnerability is basically a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) triggered by a cross-site scripting vulnerability (XSS) - but happens on the same target host - thus, it’s actually a same-site request forgery (SSRF).

Malicious payload such as HTML containing JavaScript might be provided by either an authenticated backend user or by a non-authenticated user using a 3rd party extension - e.g. file upload in a contact form with knowing the target location.

The attacked victim requires an active and valid backend or install tool user session at the time of the attack to be successful.

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