Description
TYPO3 is an open source PHP based web content management system released under the GNU GPL. It has been discovered that observing response time during user authentication (backend and frontend) can be used to distinguish between existing and non-existing user accounts. Extension authors of 3rd party TYPO3 extensions providing a custom authentication service should check if the extension is affected by the described problem. Affected extensions must implement new `MimicServiceInterface::mimicAuthUser`, which simulates corresponding times regular processing would usually take. Update to TYPO3 version 7.6.58 ELTS, 8.7.48 ELTS, 9.5.37 ELTS, 10.4.32 or 11.5.16 that fix this problem. There are no known workarounds for this issue.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/security/advisories/GHSA-m392-235j-9r7r
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/f8b83ce15d4ea275a5a5e564e5d324242f7937b6
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2022-007
Scores
CVSS v3
5.3
EPSS
0.0028
EPSS Percentile
51.6%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-203
Status
published
Products (3)
typo3/cms
10.0.0 - 10.4.32Packagist
typo3/cms-core
7.0.0 - 7.6.58Packagist
typo3/typo3
7.0.0 - 7.6.57
Published
Sep 13, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026