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SCA: security update for typo3/cms (GHSA-h7wf-jg4f-x2wc)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 431830

Description

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

 - The Authentication component in TYPO3 before 6.2, when salting for password hashing is disabled, does not
 require knowledge of the cleartext password if the password hash is known, which allows remote attackers
 to bypass authentication and gain access to the backend by leveraging knowledge of a password hash.
 (CVE-2014-3945)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h7wf-jg4f-x2wc

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 431830

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/7/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.1

Percentile: 7.23

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-3945

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Temporal Score: 4.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Threat Score: 6.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/22/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3945

BID: 67627

cwe: CWE-287