TYPO3 Vulnerable to Unverified Password Change for Backend Users
TYPO3 is an open source, PHP based web content management system. Starting in version 9.0.0 and prior to versions 9.5.51 ELTS, 10.4.50 ELTS, 11.5.44 ELTS, 12.4.31 LTS, and 13.4.12 LTS, the backend user management interface allows password changes without requiring the current password. When an administrator updates their own account or modifies other user accounts via the admin interface, the current password is not requested for verification. This behavior may lower the protection against unauthorized access in scenarios where an admin session is hijacked or left unattended, as it enables password changes without additional authentication. U
TYPO3 Vulnerable to Information Disclosure via DBAL Restriction Handling
TYPO3 is an open source, PHP based web content management system. Starting in version 9.0.0 and prior to versions 9.5.51 ELTS, 10.4.50 ELTS, 11.5.44 ELTS, 12.4.31 LTS, and 13.4.12 LTS, when performing a database query involving multiple tables through the database abstraction layer (DBAL), frontend user permissions are only applied via `FrontendGroupRestriction` to the first table. As a result, data from additional tables included in the same query may be unintentionally exposed to unauthorized users. Users should update to TYPO3 version 9.5.51 ELTS, 10.4.50 ELTS, 11.5.44 ELTS, 12.4.31 LTS, or 13.4.12 LTS to fix the problem.
Potential Open Redirect via Parsing Differences in TYPO3
TYPO3 is a free and open source Content Management Framework. Applications that use `TYPO3\CMS\Core\Http\Uri` to parse externally provided URLs (e.g., via a query parameter) and validate the host of the parsed URL may be vulnerable to open redirect or SSRF attacks if the URL is used after passing the validation checks. Users are advised to update to TYPO3 versions 9.5.49 ELTS, 10.4.48 ELTS, 11.5.42 LTS, 12.4.25 LTS, 13.4.3 which fix the problem described. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
TYPO3 Possible Insecure Deserialization in Extbase Request Handling
It has been discovered that request handling in Extbase can be vulnerable to insecure deserialization. User submitted payload has to be signed with a corresponding HMAC-SHA1 using the sensitive TYPO3 encryptionKey as secret - invalid or unsigned payload is not deserialized.
However, since sensitive information could have been leaked by accident (e.g. in repositories or in commonly known and unprotected backup files), there is the possibility that attackers know the private encryptionKey and are able to calculate the required HMAC-SHA1 to allow a malicious payload to be deserialized.
Requirements for successfully exploiting this vulnerabilit
It has been discovered that the output table listing in the “Files” backend module is vulnerable to cross-site scripting when a file extension contains malicious sequences.
Access to the file system of the server - either directly or through synchronization - is required to exploit the vulnerability.
It has been discovered that t3:// URL handling and typolink functionality are vulnerable to cross-site scripting. Not only regular backend forms are affected but also frontend extensions which use the rendering with typolink.
TYPO3 Arbitrary Code Execution and Cross-Site Scripting in Backend API
Backend API configuration using Page TSconfig is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution and cross-site scripting. TSconfig fields of page properties in backend forms can be used to inject malicious sequences. Field tsconfig_includes is vulnerable to directory traversal leading to same scenarios as having direct access to TSconfig settings.
A valid backend user account having access to modify values for fields `pages.TSconfig` and `pages.tsconfig_includes` is needed in order to exploit this vulnerability.
It has been discovered that the Import/Export module is susceptible to broken access control. Regular backend users have access to import functionality which usually only is available to admin users or users having User TSconfig setting options.impexp.enableImportForNonAdminUser explicitly enabled.
Database content to be imported however was correctly checked against users’ permissions and not affected. However it was possible to upload files by-passing restrictions of the file abstraction layer (FAL) - however this did not affect executable files which have been correctly secured by fileDenyPattern.
Currently the only known vulnerability i
TYPO3 Security Misconfiguration in Frontend Session Handling
It has been discovered session data of properly authenticated and logged in frontend users is kept and transformed into an anonymous user session during the logout process. This way the next user using the same client application gains access to previous session data.
TYPO3 Information Disclosure in Backend User Interface
The element information component used to display properties of a certain record is susceptible to information disclosure. The list of references from or to the record is not properly checked for the backend user’s permissions. A valid backend user account is needed in order to exploit this vulnerability.
TYPO3 Disclosure of Information about Installed Extensions
It has been discovered that mechanisms used for configuration of RequireJS package loading are susceptible to information disclosure. This way a potential attack can retrieve additional information about installed system and third party extensions.
It has been discovered backend users not having read access to specific pages still could see them in the page tree which actually should be disallowed. A valid backend user account is needed in order to exploit this vulnerability.
TYPO3 Security Misconfiguration in User Session Handling
When users change their password existing sessions for that particular user account are not revoked. A valid backend or frontend user account is required in order to make use of this vulnerability.
TYPO3 Arbitrary Code Execution via File List Module
Due to missing file extensions in $GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['BE'][‘fileDenyPattern’], backend users are allowed to upload *.phar, *.shtml, *.pl or *.cgi files which can be executed in certain web server setups. A valid backend user account is needed in order to exploit this vulnerability.
Derivatives of Debian GNU Linux are handling *.phar files as PHP applications since PHP 7.1 (for unofficial packages) and PHP 7.2 (for official packages).
The file extension *.shtml is bound to server side includes which are not enabled per default in most common Linux based distributions. File extension *.pl and *.cgi require additional handlers to be c
TYPO3 Broken Access Control in Localization Handling
It has been discovered that backend users having limited access to specific languages are capable of modifying and creating pages in the default language which actually should be disallowed. A valid backend user account is needed in order to exploit this vulnerability.
TYPO3 Security Misconfiguration for Backend User Accounts
When using the TYPO3 backend in order to create new backend user accounts, database records containing insecure or empty credentials might be persisted. When the type of user account is changed - which might be entity type or the admin flag for backend users - the backend form is reloaded in order to reflect changed configuration possibilities. However, this leads to persisting the current state as well, which can result into some of the following:
- account contains empty login credentials (username and/or password)
- account is incomplete and contains weak credentials (username and/or password)
Albeit the functionality provided by the TY