CVE-2024-55894

medium

Description

TYPO3 is a free and open source Content Management Framework. A vulnerability has been identified in the backend user interface functionality involving deep links. Specifically, this functionality is susceptible to Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). Additionally, state-changing actions in downstream components incorrectly accepted submissions via HTTP GET and did not enforce the appropriate HTTP method. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires the victim to have an active session on the backend user interface and to be deceived into interacting with a malicious URL targeting the backend, which can occur under the following conditions: The user opens a malicious link, such as one sent via email. The user visits a compromised or manipulated website while the following settings are misconfigured: 1. `security.backend.enforceReferrer` feature is disabled, 2. `BE/cookieSameSite` configuration is set to lax or none. The vulnerability in the affected downstream component “Backend User Module” allows attackers to initiate password resets for other backend users or to terminate their user sessions. Users are advised to update to TYPO3 versions 11.5.42 ELTS, 12.4.25 LTS, 13.4.3 LTS which fix the problem described.

References

https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2025-004

https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/security/advisories/GHSA-6w4x-gcx3-8p7v

https://github.com/TYPO3-CMS/beuser/commit/4142112a878f8805234729751bc6b9c0091560ab

https://github.com/TYPO3-CMS/beuser/commit/1bb317cb2bc0b2f6ba4f758a088f060b36c67f9d

https://github.com/TYPO3-CMS/beuser/commit/18603efc3a66d3255fdd04eb6bda6b4d6a95abea

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-01-14

Updated: 2025-08-26

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.4

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0002