ASA-2019-00020 – TYPO3: Broken access control in localization handling


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

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