PT-2024-40355 · Packagist · Typo3/Cms

Published 2024-05-30 · Updated 2024-05-30

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions No specific software or versions mentioned

Description The issue concerns a brute force protection mechanism in the backend login system. This mechanism pauses for 5 seconds when incorrect credentials are provided. However, it is possible to bypass this pause by forging a special request, which makes it more feasible to conduct brute force attacks on backend editor credentials.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

GHSA-JQR8-Q455-XX45

Affected Products

Typo3/Cms

References · 7

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-jqr8-q455-xx45 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/typo3/cms/2015-07-01-5.yaml · Note
• https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3 · Note
• https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/0f3fb37674688aba5a44ca6f5df7f8a327a5b5f6 · Note
• https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/0b67290bbd941c07b0101bbfd6c7aadcbb93c75c · Note
• https://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-core/typo3-core-sa-2015-006 · Note
• https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2015-006 · Note