Allele Security Alert
ASA-2019-00020
Identifier(s)
ASA-2019-00020, TYPO3-CORE-SA-2019-003
Title
Broken access control in localization handling
Vendor(s)
TYPO3
Product(s)
TYPO3 CMS
Affected version(s)
TYPO3 CMS versions 8.0.0 up to 8.7.22
TYPO3 CMS versions 9.0.0 up to 9.5.3
Fixed version(s)
TYPO3 CMS version 8.7.23
TYPO3 CMS version 9.5.4
Proof of concept
Unknown
Description
It has been discovered that backend users having limited access to specific languages are capable of modifying and creating pages in the default language which actually should be disallowed. A valid backend user account is needed in order to exploit this vulnerability.
Technical details
Unknown
Credits
Sascha Egerer and Oliver Hader (TYPO3 core team)
Reference(s)
TYPO3-CORE-SA-2019-003: Broken Access Control in Localization Handling
https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2019-003/
TYPO3 9.5.4 and 8.7.23 security releases published
https://typo3.org/article/typo3-954-and-8723-security-releases-published/
[TYPO3-announce] Announcing TYPO3 v9.5.4 and v8.7.23 security releases
http://lists.typo3.org/pipermail/typo3-announce/2019/000437.html
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Last modified: May 10, 2019