Vulnerability in typo3/cms-core (CVE-2020-15098)
Summary
Vulnerability in typo3/cms-core (CVE-2020-15098). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. Mitigation: upgrade to 10.4.6 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Meta
- CVSS:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C(8.2)- CWE-325, CWE-20, CWE-200, CWE-502
Problem
It has been discovered that an internal verification mechanism can be used to generate arbitrary checksums. This allows to inject arbitrary data having a valid cryptographic message authentication code (HMAC-SHA1) and can lead to various attack chains as described below.
- TYPO3-CORE-SA-2020-007, CVE-2020-15099: Potential Privilege Escalation
- the database server used for a TYPO3 installation must be accessible for an attacker (either via internet or shared hosting network)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C(7.5, high)
- TYPO3-CORE-SA-2016-013, CVE-2016-5091: Insecure Deserialization & Remote Code Execution
- an attacker must have access to at least one Extbase plugin or module action in a TYPO3 installation
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C(9.1, critical)
The overall severity of this vulnerability is high (8.2) based on mentioned attack chains and the requirement of having a valid backend user session (authenticated).
Solution
Update to TYPO3 versions 9.5.20 or 10.4.6 that fix the problem described.
Credits
Thanks to TYPO3 security tea…
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD GitHub Advisory OSV
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2020-15098 has been found in typo3/cms-core.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
What to do: upgrade typo3/cms-core to 10.4.6 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "typo3/cms-core CVE-2020-15098" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2020-15098 (typo3/cms-core) — CWE-20
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / no user interaction
Patched: 10.4.6 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-20) exists in typo3/cms-core.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of typo3/cms-core.
Severity: ?. Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to 10.4.6.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'typo3/cms-core' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'typo3/cms-core' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
typo3/cms-coreを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Apply patch patch
Upgrade typo3/cms-core to 10.4.6ステージング環境で 10.4.6 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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3Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
References
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- package github.com
- web github.com
- web github.com
- web github.com
- web github.com
- web typo3.org
- web typo3.org