Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in TYPO3 - CVE-2020-15086
Published: July 28, 2020 / Updated: November 18, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32835
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-2020-15086
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 within the internal verification mechanism, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.
Affected software
TYPO3
Media Content Element
Media Content Element
How to mitigate CVE-2020-15086
Install updates from vendor's website.
TYPO3 - update to 6.2.52
Media Content Element - update to 7.6.5
Media Content Element - update to 7.6.5