#VU17238 Security restrictions bypass in TYPO3
Published: January 28, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU17238
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
TYPO3
TYPO3
Software vendor:
TYPO3
TYPO3
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.
The weakness exists due to database records containing insecure or empty credentials might be persisted when using the TYPO3 backend in order to create new backend user accounts. A remote attacker can retrieve additional information about installed system and third party extensions.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in some of the following:
The weakness exists due to database records containing insecure or empty credentials might be persisted when using the TYPO3 backend in order to create new backend user accounts. A remote attacker can retrieve additional information about installed system and third party extensions.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in some of the following:
- account contains empty login credentials (username and/or password)
- account is incomplete and contains weak credentials (username and/or password).
Remediation
The vulnerability has been addressed in the versions 8.7.23 and 9.5.4.