Security Misconfiguration Affecting typo3/cms-core package, versions >=8.0.0, <8.7.23 >=9.0.0, <9.5.4
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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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-PHP-TYPO3CMSCORE-73593
- published 22 Jan 2019
- disclosed 22 Jan 2019
- credit Oliver Eglseder
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.