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Cleartext storage of session identifier

High
ohader published GHSA-qx3w-4864-94ch Mar 16, 2021

Package

composer typo3/cms-core (Composer)

Affected versions

6.2.0-6.2.56, 7.0.0-7.6.50, 8.0.0-8.7.39, 9.0.0-9.5.24, 10.0.0-10.4.13, 11.0.0-11.1.0

Patched versions

6.2.57, 7.6.51, 8.7.40, 9.5.25, 10.4.14, 11.1.1

Description

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  • CVSS: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C (7.5)
  • CWE-312
  • Status: DRAFT

Problem

User session identifiers were stored in cleartext - without processing of additional cryptographic hashing algorithms. This vulnerability cannot be exploited directly and occurs in combination with a chained attack - like for instance SQL injection in any other component of the system.

Solution

Update to TYPO3 versions 6.2.57, 7.6.51, 8.7.40, 9.5.25, 10.4.14, 11.1.1 that fix the problem described.

Credits

Thanks to TYPO3 security team member Oliver Hader who reported this issue and to TYPO3 core & security team members Benni Mack & Oliver Hader who fixed the issue.

References

Severity

High

CVE ID

CVE-2021-21339

Weaknesses

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