Vulnerability in typo3/cms-core (CVE-2020-15099)
Summary
Vulnerability in typo3/cms-core (CVE-2020-15099). 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.
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- CVSS:
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)- CWE-20, CWE-200
Problem
In case an attacker manages to generate a valid cryptographic message authentication code (HMAC-SHA1) - either by using a different existing vulnerability or in case the internal encryptionKey was exposed - it is possible to retrieve arbitrary files of a TYPO3 installation. This includes the possibility to fetch typo3conf/LocalConfiguration.php which again contains the encryptionKey as well as credentials of the database management system being used.
In case a database server is directly accessible either via internet or in a shared hosting network, this allows to completely retrieve, manipulate or delete database contents. This includes creating an administration user account - which can be used to trigger remote code execution by injecting custom extensions.
Solution
Update to TYPO3 versions 9.5.20 or 10.4.6 that fix the problem described.
Credits
Thanks to TYPO3 security team member Oliver Hader who reported and fixed the issue.
References
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD GitHub Advisory OSV
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2020-15099 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-2020-15099" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2020-15099 (typo3/cms-core) — CWE-20
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / 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
- package github.com
- web github.com
- web github.com
- web github.com
- web typo3.org