# CVE-2022-36106: Missing check for expiration time of password reset token in TYPO3

- Also known as: GHSA-5959-4X58-R8C2, BIT-TYPO3-2022-36106
- Severity: CVSS 5.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 10.4.32, 11.5.16
- Published: 2022-09-13 · Updated: 2025-04-23

## Affected

- typo3: from 10.4.0, fixed in 10.4.32; from 11.0.0, fixed in 11.5.16
- typo3/cms-core (Packagist): from 10.4.0, fixed in 10.4.32
- typo3/cms-core (Packagist): from 11.0.0, fixed in 11.5.16
- typo3/cms (Packagist): from 10.4.0, fixed in 10.4.32
- typo3/cms (Packagist): from 11.0.0, fixed in 11.5.16

## Description

TYPO3 is an open source PHP based web content management system released under the GNU GPL. It has been discovered that the expiration time of a password reset link for TYPO3 backend users has never been evaluated. As a result, a password reset link could be used to perform a password reset even if the default expiry time of two hours has been exceeded. Update to TYPO3 version 10.4.32 or 11.5.16 that fix the problem. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on typo3, typo3/cms-core, typo3/cms, upgrade to a fixed version (10.4.32, 11.5.16) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/security/advisories/GHSA-5959-4x58-r8c2
- https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/56af2bd3a432156c30af9be71c9d6f7ef3a6159a
- https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2022-008

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