TYPO3 CMS Stores Cleartext Password in User Settings Module (TYPO3 TYPO3 CMS)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.17 % · percentile 6 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- TYPO3
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Description
Changing backend users' passwords via the user settings module results in storing the cleartext password in the uc and user_settings fields of the be_users database table. This issue affects TYPO3 CMS version 14.2.0.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-312 — Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 4.0 | HIGH 7.3 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H | TYPO3 |
| CVSS 4.0 | HIGH 7.3 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X | NVD · f4fb688c-4412-4426-b4b8-421ecf27b14a (Secondary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
Advisories
- GHSA-xvv6-p4wf-mvx7 — TYPO3 CMS Stores Cleartext Password in User Settings Module
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-24081
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-6553
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0464 — Vulnérabilité dans Typo3 · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:typo3:typo3:14.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| TYPO3 · TYPO3 CMS | affected 14.2.0 < 14.3.0 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |