In TYPO3 CMS versions 10.4.0 and 10.4.1, it has been discovered that time-based attacks can be used with the password reset functionality for backend users. This allows an attacker to mount user enumeration based on email addresses assigned to backend user accounts. This has been fixed in 10.4.2.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - In TYPO3 CMS versions 10.4.0 and 10.4.1, it has been discovered that time-based attacks can be used with
    the password reset functionality for backend users. This allows an attacker to mount user enumeration
    based on email addresses assigned to backend user accounts. This has been fixed in 10.4.2.
    (CVE-2020-11063)

The version of TYPO3 installed on the remote host is 10.4.x prior to 10.4.2. It is, therefore, affected by an information disclosure vulnerability in its password reset component due to a failure to defend against time-based attacks. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, to enumerate registered users of the application.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version

Typo3 News :

CVE-2020-11063: TYPO3-CORE-SA-2020-001: Information Disclosure in Password Reset

It has been discovered that time-based attacks can be used with the password reset functionality for backend users. This allows an attacker to verify whether a backend user account with a given email address exists or not.

CVE-2020-11064: TYPO3-CORE-SA-2020-002: Cross-Site Scripting in Form Engine

It has been discovered that HTML placeholder attributes containing data of other database records are vulnerable to cross-site scripting.
A valid backend user account is needed to exploit this vulnerability.

CVE-2020-11065: TYPO3-CORE-SA-2020-003: Cross-Site Scripting in Link Handling

It has been discovered that link tags generated by typolink functionality are vulnerable to cross-site scripting - properties being assigned as HTML attributes have not been parsed correctly.

CVE-2020-11066: TYPO3-CORE-SA-2020-004: Class destructors causing side-effects when being unserialized

Calling unserialize() on malicious user-submitted content can result in the following scenarios :

- trigger deletion of arbitrary directory in file system (if writable for web server)

- trigger message submission via email using identity of website (mail relay)

Another insecure deserialization vulnerability is required to actually exploit mentioned aspects.

CVE-2020-11067: TYPO3-CORE-SA-2020-005: Insecure Deserialization in Backend User Settings

It has been discovered that backend user settings (in $BE_USER->uc) are vulnerable to insecure deserialization. In combination with vulnerabilities of 3rd party components this can lead to remote code execution. A valid backend user account is needed to exploit this vulnerability.

CVE-2020-11069: TYPO3-CORE-SA-2020-006: Same-Site Request Forgery to Backend User Interface

It has been discovered that the backend user interface and install tool are vulnerable to same-site request forgery. A backend user can be tricked into interacting with a malicious resource an attacker previously managed to upload to the web server - scripts are then executed with the privileges of the victims' user session.

In a worst case scenario new admin users can be created which can directly be used by an attacker. The vulnerability is basically a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) triggered by a cross-site scripting vulnerability (XSS) - but happens on the same target host - thus, it' actually a same-site request forgery (SSRF).

Malicious payload such as HTML containing JavaScript might be provided by either an authenticated backend user or by a non-authenticated user using a 3rd party extension - e.g. file upload in a contact form with knowing the target location.

The attacked victim requires an active and valid backend or install tool user session at the time of the attack to be successful.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
423029	SCA: security update for typo3/cms, typo3/cms-core (GHSA-347x-877p-hcwx)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	low
423029	SCA: security update for typo3/cms, typo3/cms-core (GHSA-347x-877p-hcwx)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	low
138381	TYPO3 10.4.x < 10.4.2 Information Disclosure (TYPO3-CORE-SA-2020-001)	Nessus	CGI abuses	low
136596	FreeBSD : typo3 -- multiple vulnerabilities (59fabdf2-9549-11ea-9448-08002728f74c)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	critical

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