Security Misconfiguration Affecting typo3/cms-core package, versions >=8.0.0, <8.7.23 >=9.0.0, <9.5.4


0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High
    User Interaction Required
    Scope Changed
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity Mature

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-PHP-TYPO3CMSCORE-73593
  • published 22 Jan 2019
  • disclosed 22 Jan 2019
  • credit Oliver Eglseder

Introduced: 22 Jan 2019

CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-288 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade typo3/cms-core to version 8.7.23, 9.5.4 or higher.

Overview

typo3/cms-core is a free open source enterprise content management system.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Security Misconfiguration. When trying to change the type of an existing backend user, the backend form is reloaded in order to reflect changed configuration possibilities. This can lead to an account with empty credentials. This weakness cannot be directly exploited and requires interaction on purpose by some backend user having according privileges.