Insufficient Session Expiration in Change password for frontend users extension for TYPO3

1) Insufficient Session Expiration

EUVDB-ID: #VU70696

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-47406

CWE-ID: CWE-613 - Insufficient Session Expiration

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient session expiration issue. A remote user can obtain or guess session token and gain unauthorized access to session that belongs to another user.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Change password for frontend users: 2.0.0 - 3.0.2

External links

http://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-ext-sa-2022-016

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.