PT-2026-33927 · Typo3 · Typo3/Cms

Garvin Hicking + 3 · Published 2026-04-21 · Updated 2026-05-05 · CVE-2026-6553

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions TYPO3 CMS version 14.2.0

Description Changing backend users passwords through the user settings module causes the cleartext password to be stored in the uc and user settings fields of the be users database table.

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

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-312

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-6553

GHSA-XVV6-P4WF-MVX7

Affected Products

Typo3/Cms

References · 12

• https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/9a6e913f70767f63b322ae3e2d2f4e302624c291 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-xvv6-p4wf-mvx7 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-6553 · Security Note
• https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2026-005 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3 · Note
• https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/security/advisories/GHSA-xvv6-p4wf-mvx7 · Note
• https://twitter.com/dailycve/status/2047767247288943022 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/2046536039024533586 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2046571843096830063 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/autumn_good_35/status/2046596365489492345 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/_cvereports/status/2049063729606627549 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cveNotify/162246 · Telegram Post