Information Disclosure of Encryption Key in TYPO3 Install Tool

Summary

TYPO3 is an open source PHP based web content management system released under the GNU GPL. 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. Users are advised to 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. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Timeline

1. Feb 13, 2024, 10:16 PM UTCCVE published
2. Feb 14, 2024, 3:01 PM UTCCISA SSVC assessment

   Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

3. Aug 1, 2024, 11:36 PM UTCRecord last updated

Affected versions

• TYPO3 typo3

  From 13.0.0 · fixed in 13.0.1; From 12.0.0 · fixed in 12.4.11; From 11.0.0 · fixed in 11.5.35; From 10.0.0 · fixed in 10.4.43; From 9.0.0 · fixed in 9.5.46; From 8.0.0 · fixed in 8.7.57

• typo3/cms-corePackagist

  From 8.0.0 · fixed in 8.7.57

• typo3/cms-corePackagist

  From 9.0.0 · fixed in 9.5.46

• typo3/cms-corePackagist

  From 10.0.0 · fixed in 10.4.43

• typo3/cms-corePackagist

  From 11.0.0 · fixed in 11.5.35

• typo3/cms-corePackagist

  From 12.0.0 · fixed in 12.4.11

• typo3/cms-corePackagist

  From 13.0.0 · fixed in 13.0.1

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