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GHSA-hh95-5xm5-v8v7

TYPO3 CMS Possible Insecure Deserialization in Extbase Request Handling

High Packagist
Severity
8.1 / 10
High · CVSS 3.1
Exploit chance (EPSS)
—
No score published
Known exploited
No
Not in CISA's catalog
Weakness
—
Not classified
Fix
8.7.30
Upgrade typo3/cms to this version or later

Description

It has been discovered that request handling in Extbase can be vulnerable to insecure deserialization. User submitted payload has to be signed with a corresponding HMAC-SHA1 using the sensitive TYPO3 encryptionKey as secret - invalid or unsigned payload is not deserialized.

However, since sensitive information could have been leaked by accident (e.g. in repositories or in commonly known and unprotected backup files), there is the possibility that attackers know the private encryptionKey and are able to calculate the required HMAC-SHA1 to allow a malicious payload to be deserialized.

Requirements for successfully exploiting this vulnerability (all of the following):

  • rendering at least one Extbase plugin in the frontend
  • encryptionKey has been leaked (from LocalConfiguration.php or corresponding .env file)

Affected versions

Packagist

PackageVulnerableFixed in
typo3/cms
>= 8.0.0, < 8.7.30
8.7.30
typo3/cms
>= 9.0.0, < 9.5.12
9.5.12

How to fix

Move to the fixed version or later with your package manager, update the lockfile, and run your tests. If the package only arrives through another dependency, upgrade that dependency first. If none of its releases pulls a fixed version yet, force the version with your package manager's override.

typo3/cms Packagist → 8.7.30

composer
composer require typo3/cms:^8.7.30

Severity breakdown

CVSS 3.1 8.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

References

Timeline

  1. Published
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