CVE-2026-6553

HIGH

TYPO3 CMS Stores Cleartext Password in User Settings Module

Title source: cna

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.

References (2)

[Vendor Advisory] https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2026-005

[Patch] https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/9a6e913f70767f63b322ae3e2d2f4e302624c291

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Scores

CVSS v4 7.3

EPSS 0.0003

EPSS Percentile 8.4%

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

Details

CWE

CWE-312

Status published

Products (1)

TYPO3/TYPO3 CMS 14.2.0 - 14.3.0

Published Apr 21, 2026

Tracked Since Apr 21, 2026