TYPO3 Vulnerable to Unverified Password Change for Backend Users

Summary

TYPO3 is an open source, PHP based web content management system. Starting in version 9.0.0 and prior to versions 9.5.51 ELTS, 10.4.50 ELTS, 11.5.44 ELTS, 12.4.31 LTS, and 13.4.12 LTS, the backend user management interface allows password changes without requiring the current password. When an administrator updates their own account or modifies other user accounts via the admin interface, the current password is not requested for verification. This behavior may lower the protection against unauthorized access in scenarios where an admin session is hijacked or left unattended, as it enables password changes without additional authentication. Users should update to TYPO3 version 9.5.51 ELTS, 10.4.50 ELTS, 11.5.44 ELTS, 12.4.31 LTS, or 13.4.12 LTS to fix the problem.

Timeline

1. May 20, 2025, 1:49 PM UTCCVE published
2. May 20, 2025, 1:56 PM UTCCISA SSVC assessment

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

3. May 20, 2025, 2:22 PM UTCRecord last updated

Affected versions

• TYPO3 typo3

  From 9.0.0 · fixed in 9.5.51; From 10.0.0 · fixed in 10.4.50; From 11.0.0 · fixed in 11.5.44; From 12.0.0 · fixed in 12.4.31; From 13.0.0 · fixed in 13.4.12

• typo3/cms-corePackagist

  From 9.0.0 · fixed in 9.5.51

• typo3/cms-setupPackagist

  From 9.0.0 · fixed in 9.5.51

• typo3/cms-corePackagist

  From 10.0.0 · fixed in 10.4.50

• typo3/cms-corePackagist

  From 11.0.0 · fixed in 11.5.44

• typo3/cms-corePackagist

  From 12.0.0 · fixed in 12.4.31

• typo3/cms-corePackagist

  From 13.0.0 · fixed in 13.4.12

• typo3/cms-setupPackagist

  From 10.0.0 · fixed in 10.4.50

• typo3/cms-setupPackagist

  From 11.0.0 · fixed in 11.5.44

• typo3/cms-setupPackagist

  From 12.0.0 · fixed in 12.4.31

• typo3/cms-setupPackagist

  From 13.0.0 · fixed in 13.4.12

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