🛡️ CVE-2022-23501 — typo3

🟡 CVSS 5.0 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-287 OSV
5.0
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Description

TYPO3 CMS vulnerable to Weak Authentication in Frontend Login

Problem

Restricting frontend login to specific users, organized in different storage folders (partitions), can be bypassed. A potential attacker might use this ambiguity in usernames to get access to a different account - however, credentials must be known to the adversary.

Solution

Update to TYPO3 versions 8.7.49 ELTS, 9.5.38 ELTS, 10.4.33, 11.5.20, 12.1.1 that fix the problem described above.

References

  • [TYPO3-CORE-SA-2022-013](https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2022-013)

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity low, availability none.

Weakness class

CVE-2022-23501 is classified as CWE-287: Improper Authentication. The identity of the caller is not established correctly, so an attacker can act as another user.

Affected software

CVE-2022-23501 is recorded against 3 packages.

  • typo3
  • typo3/cms (from 12.0.0 up to 12.1.1)
  • typo3/cms-core (from 12.0.0 up to 12.1.1)

Timeline and source

Published on 6 March 2024 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

github.com (Web)

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 5.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
CWE CWE-287
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2024-03-06
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-06-17
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
typo3 — —
typo3/cms 12.0.0 12.1.1
typo3/cms-core 12.0.0 12.1.1

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