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TYPO3 CMS vulnerable to Weak Authentication in Frontend Login

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Dec 13, 2022 in TYPO3/typo3 • Updated Jan 30, 2023

Package

composer typo3/cms (Composer)

Affected versions

>= 10.0.0, < 10.4.33
>= 11.0.0, < 11.5.20
>= 12.0.0, < 12.1.1

Patched versions

10.4.33
11.5.20
12.1.1
composer typo3/cms-core (Composer)
< 8.7.49
>= 9.0.0, < 9.5.38
>= 10.0.0, < 10.4.33
>= 11.0.0, < 11.5.20
>= 12.0.0, < 12.1.1
8.7.49
9.5.38
10.4.33
11.5.20
12.1.1

Description

Problem

Restricting frontend login to specific users, organized in different storage folders (partitions), can be bypassed. A potential attacker might use this ambiguity in usernames to get access to a different account - however, credentials must be known to the adversary.

Solution

Update to TYPO3 versions 8.7.49 ELTS, 9.5.38 ELTS, 10.4.33, 11.5.20, 12.1.1 that fix the problem described above.

References

References

@ohader ohader published to TYPO3/typo3 Dec 13, 2022
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Dec 13, 2022
Reviewed Dec 13, 2022
Published by the National Vulnerability Database Dec 14, 2022
Last updated Jan 30, 2023

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

EPSS score

0.067%
(30th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2022-23501

GHSA ID

GHSA-jfp7-79g7-89rf

Source code

Credits

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