GHSA-68jx-f42c-7599

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-68jx-f42c-7599
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/09/GHSA-68jx-f42c-7599/GHSA-68jx-f42c-7599.json
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Aliases
Published
2026-09-01T21:31:42Z
Modified
2026-09-01T21:55:52Z
Severity
  • 7.3 (High) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
TYPO3 CMS - Broken Access Control in Backend and Install Tool
Details

Problem

The referrer enforcement introduced with TYPO3-CORE-SA-2020-006 (CVE-2020-11069) became ineffective in TYPO3 v13.0, where TYPO3 CMS started serving the backend and Admin Tool applications from the site's main entry script instead of the dedicated typo3/ directory.

Whether a request originated from the backend or Install Tool itself was determined by comparing the referrer against the directory of the entry script, which since then is the site root. As a consequence, requests originating from any script running on one of the TYPO3 instance's own domains, such as a frontend page, were accepted by backend routes and Install Tool endpoints.

Attackers able to execute JavaScript on one of those domains, for instance by exploiting a cross-site scripting vulnerability, could invoke these endpoints via Fetch/XHR with the privileges of an authenticated victim's user session.

Solution

Update to TYPO3 versions 13.4.34 LTS, 14.3.6 LTS that fix the problem described.

Credits

Thanks to Hổ Cao Từ for reporting this issue, and to TYPO3 core & security team member Benjamin Franzke for fixing it.

Database specific
{
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-346",
        "CWE-352"
    ],
    "github_reviewed":  true,
    "github_reviewed_at":  "2026-09-01T21:31:42Z",
    "nvd_published_at":  null,
    "severity":  "HIGH"
}
References

Affected packages

Packagist / typo3/cms-backend

Package

Name
typo3/cms-backend
Purl
pkg:composer/typo3/cms-backend

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
13.0.0
Fixed
13.4.34

Affected versions

v13.*
v13.0.0
v13.0.1
v13.1.0
v13.1.1
v13.2.1
v13.3.0
v13.3.1
v13.4.0
v13.4.1
v13.4.2
v13.4.3
v13.4.4
v13.4.5
v13.4.6
v13.4.7
v13.4.8
v13.4.9
v13.4.10
v13.4.11
v13.4.12
v13.4.13
v13.4.14
v13.4.15
v13.4.16
v13.4.17
v13.4.18
v13.4.19
v13.4.20
v13.4.21
v13.4.22
v13.4.23
v13.4.24
v13.4.25
v13.4.26
v13.4.27
v13.4.28
v13.4.29
v13.4.30
v13.4.31
v13.4.32
v13.4.33

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/09/GHSA-68jx-f42c-7599/GHSA-68jx-f42c-7599.json"

Packagist / typo3/cms-core

Package

Name
typo3/cms-core
Purl
pkg:composer/typo3/cms-core

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
14.0.0
Fixed
14.3.6

Affected versions

v14.*
v14.0.0
v14.0.1
v14.0.2
v14.1.0
v14.1.1
v14.2.0
v14.3.0
v14.3.1
v14.3.2
v14.3.3
v14.3.4
v14.3.5

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/09/GHSA-68jx-f42c-7599/GHSA-68jx-f42c-7599.json"