XXE (XML External Entity) in typo3/cms-core (CVE-2020-26229)
Summary
Vulnerability in typo3/cms-core (CVE-2020-26229). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 10.4.10 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Problem
It has been discovered that RSS widgets are susceptible to XML external entity processing.
This vulnerability is reasonable, but is theoretical - it was not possible to actually reproduce the vulnerability with current PHP versions of supported and maintained system distributions.
At least with libxml2 version 2.9, the processing of XML external entities is disabled per default - and cannot be exploited. Besides that, a valid backend user account is needed.
Solution
Update to TYPO3 version 10.4.10 that fixes the problem described.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD GitHub Advisory OSV
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2020-26229 has been found in typo3/cms-core.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade typo3/cms-core to 10.4.10 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "typo3/cms-core CVE-2020-26229" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2020-26229 (typo3/cms-core) — CWE-611
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable)
Patched: 10.4.10 — 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-611) exists in typo3/cms-core.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of typo3/cms-core.
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to 10.4.10.
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 10.4.10ステージング環境で 10.4.10 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
- web github.com
- web github.com
- web github.com
- web typo3.org