Authorization Flaw in femanager extension (CVE-2023-50460)
Summary
Vulnerability in femanager extension (CVE-2023-50460). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
An issue was discovered in the femanager extension 7.x before 7.2.3 for TYPO3. The backend module allows an authenticated backend user to perform various actions (userLogout, confirmUser, refuseUser, and resendUserConfirmation) for any frontend user in the system.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-50460 has been found in femanager extension.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 5.4/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "femanager extension CVE-2023-50460" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2023-50460 (femanager extension) — CWE-863 / CVSS v3 5.4
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / no user interaction
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.
Incorrect authorization (CWE-863) exists in femanager extension.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of femanager extension.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.4/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
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. Audit SBOM/dependencies 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
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで femanager extension を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-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。
References
- web typo3.org
- web nvd.nist.gov
- web github.com