GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Packagist
GHSA-6w4x-gcx3-8p7v TYPO3 Cross-Site Request Forgery in Backend User Module
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2024-55894
- Ecosystem
- Packagist
- Packages
- typo3/cms-beuser
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-352, CWE-749
- Reviewed
- 2025-01-14
Affected packages
• Packagist typo3/cms-beuser: >= 10.0.0, < 10.4.48 → fixed in 10.4.48
• Packagist typo3/cms-beuser: >= 11.0.0, < 11.5.42 → fixed in 11.5.42
• Packagist typo3/cms-beuser: >= 12.0.0, < 12.4.25 → fixed in 12.4.25
• Packagist typo3/cms-beuser: >= 13.0.0, < 13.4.3 → fixed in 13.4.3
Description
Problem
A vulnerability has been identified in the backend user interface functionality involving deep links. Specifically, this functionality is susceptible to Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). Additionally, state-changing actions in downstream components incorrectly accepted submissions via HTTP GET and did not enforce the appropriate HTTP method.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires the victim to have an active session on the backend user interface and to be deceived into interacting with a malicious URL targeting the backend, which can occur under the following conditions:
• the user opens a malicious link, such as one sent via email.
• the user visits a compromised or manipulated website while the following settings are misconfigured:
+ `security.backend.enforceReferrer` feature is disabled,
+ `BE/cookieSameSite` configuration is set to `lax` or `none`
The vulnerability in the affected downstream component “Backend User Module” allows attackers to initiate password resets for other backend users or to terminate their user sessions.
Solution
Update to TYPO3 versions 11.5.42 ELTS, 12.4.25 LTS, 13.4.3 LTS that fix the problem described.
Credits
Thanks to Gabriel Dimitrov who reported this issue and to TYPO3 core and security members Benjamin Franzke, Oliver Hader, Andreas Kienast, Torben Hansen, Elias Häußler who fixed the issue.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2024-55894 TYPO3 is a free and open source Content Management Framework. vulnerability
References
- https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/security/advisories/GHSA-6w4x-gcx3-8p7v web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-55894 advisory
- https://github.com/TYPO3-CMS/beuser/commit/18603efc3a66d3255fdd04eb6bda6b4d6a95abea web
- https://github.com/TYPO3-CMS/beuser/commit/1bb317cb2bc0b2f6ba4f758a088f060b36c67f9d web
- https://github.com/TYPO3-CMS/beuser/commit/4142112a878f8805234729751bc6b9c0091560ab web
- https://github.com/TYPO3-CMS/beuser package
- https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2025-004 web