Cryptographic Issues Affecting typo3/cms package, versions >=9.0.0, <9.5.20>=10.0.0, <10.4.6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.94% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PHP-TYPO3CMS-596487
  • published30 Jul 2020
  • disclosed30 Jul 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 30 Jul 2020

CVE-2020-15099  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-310  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade typo3/cms to version 9.5.20, 10.4.6 or higher.

Overview

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

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Cryptographic Issues. In a case where an attacker manages to generate a valid cryptographic message authentication code (HMAC-SHA1) - either by using a different existing vulnerability or in case the internal encryptionKey was exposed - it is possible to retrieve arbitrary files of a TYPO3 installation. This includes the possibility to fetch typo3conf/LocalConfiguration.php, which again contains the encryptionKey as well as credentials of the database management system being used.In case a database server is directly accessible either via internet or in a shared hosting network, this allows the ability to completely retrieve, manipulate or delete database contents. This includes creating an administration user account - which can be used to trigger remote code execution by injecting custom extensions.

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