🛡️ CVE-2024-25119 — typo3

🟡 CVSS 4.9 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-200 NVD
4.9
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

TYPO3 Install Tool vulnerable to Information Disclosure of Encryption Key

Problem

The plaintext value of $GLOBALS['SYS']['encryptionKey'] was displayed in the editing forms of the TYPO3 Install Tool user interface. This allowed attackers to utilize the value to generate cryptographic hashes used for verifying the authenticity of HTTP request parameters. Exploiting this vulnerability requires an administrator-level backend user account with system maintainer permissions.

Solution

Update to TYPO3 versions 8.7.57 ELTS, 9.5.46 ELTS, 10.4.43 ELTS, 11.5.35 LTS, 12.4.11 LTS, 13.0.1 that fix the problem described.

Credits

Thanks to TYPO3 core & security team member Benjamin Franzke who fixed the issue.

References

  • [TYPO3-CORE-SA-2024-004](https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2024-004)

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs administrative 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 none, availability none.

Weakness class

CVE-2024-25119 is classified as CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information. Information that should stay internal is disclosed to someone who is not authorised to see it.

Affected software

CVE-2024-25119 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • typo3
  • typo3/cms-core (from 13.0.0 up to 13.0.1)

Timeline and source

Published on 13 February 2024 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

github.com
typo3.org
github.com
typo3.org

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 4.9
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE CWE-200
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2024-02-13
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-06-17
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
typo3 — —
typo3/cms-core 13.0.0 13.0.1

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