Command Injection in typo3/cms-core (CVE-2024-22188)
Summary
Command injection in typo3/cms-core (CVE-2024-22188). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. Mitigation: upgrade to 13.0.1 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Problem
Several settings in the Install Tool for configuring the path to system binaries were vulnerable to code execution. Exploiting this vulnerability requires an administrator-level backend user account with system maintainer permissions.
The corresponding change for this advisory involves enforcing the known disadvantages described in TYPO3-PSA-2020-002: Protecting Install Tool with Sudo Mode.
Solution
Update to TYPO3 versions 8.7.57 ELTS, 9.5.46 ELTS, 10.4.43 ELTS, 11.5.35 LTS, 12.4.11 LTS, 13.0.1 that fix the problem described.
Credits
Thanks to Rickmer Frier & Daniel Jonka who reported this issue and to TYPO3 core & security team member Benjamin Franzke who fixed the issue.
References
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD GitHub Advisory OSV
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-22188 has been found in typo3/cms-core.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
What to do: upgrade typo3/cms-core to 13.0.1 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "typo3/cms-core CVE-2024-22188" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2024-22188 (typo3/cms-core) — CWE-77
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / no user interaction
Patched: 13.0.1 — 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-77) 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 13.0.1.
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 13.0.1ステージング環境で 13.0.1 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
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- web typo3.org
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