CVE-2026-6553

HIGH EPSS 6.3%
Published Apr 21, 20262mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
7.3 CVSS 4.0
High
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Published Apr 21, 2026 2mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

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.

CVSS Details

Base Score
7.3
Exploitability
Impact
Vector string
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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction P
Scope X

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
6.3% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-312

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
typo3typo314.2.0any

References 2

  • github.com https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/9a6e913f70767f63b322ae3e2d2f4e302624c291
    Patch
  • typo3.org https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2026-005
    Vendor Advisory

Remediation

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