High severity · published Feb 13, 2024
CVE-2024-25121
Improper Access Control Persisting File Abstraction Layer Entities via Data Handler in TYPO3
7.1
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
TYPO3 is an open source PHP based web content management system released under the GNU GPL. In affected versions of TYPO3 entities of the File Abstraction Layer (FAL) could be persisted directly via `DataHandler`. This allowed attackers to reference files in the fallback storage directly and retrieve their file names and contents. The fallback storage ("zero-storage") is used as a backward compatibility layer for files located outside properly configured file storages and within the public web root directory. Exploiting this vulnerability requires a valid backend user account. Users are advised to update to TYPO3 version 8.7.57 ELTS, 9.5.46 ELTS, 10.4.43 ELTS, 11.5.35 LTS, 12.4.11 LTS, or 13.0.1 which fix the problem described. When persisting entities of the File Abstraction Layer directly via DataHandler, `sys_file` entities are now denied by default, and `sys_file_reference` & `sys_file_metadata` entities are not permitted to reference files in the fallback storage anymore. When importing data from secure origins, this must be explicitly enabled in the corresponding DataHandler instance by using `$dataHandler->isImporting = true;`.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 42% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TY
typo3 · TYPO3
>= 13.0.0, < 13.0.1; >= 12.0.0, < 12.4.11; >= 11.0.0, < 11.5.35; >= 10.0.0, < 10.4.43; >= 9.0.0, < 9.5.46; >= 8.0.0, < 8.7.57 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-25121
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-25121
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/security/advisories/GHSA-rj3x-wvc6-5j66
Vendor Advisory
https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2024-006
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