Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in TYPO3 - CVE-2020-15099

 

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in TYPO3 - CVE-2020-15099

Published: July 28, 2020 / Updated: November 18, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU32826
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-15099
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions in the eID API subcomponent, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.


Affected software

TYPO3
Media Content Element

How to mitigate CVE-2020-15099

Install updates from vendor's website.

TYPO3 - addressed in versions 9.5.20, 10.4.6
Media Content Element - update to 7.6.5

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