Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in TYPO3 - CVE-2020-15098
Published: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32857
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-15098
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Affected software:
TYPO3
TYPO3
Detailed vulnerability description
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 in the Backend User Interface subcomponent, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.
How to mitigate CVE-2020-15098
Install updates from vendor's website.