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GHSA-XVV6-P4WF-MVX7

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-04-24 16:39 – Updated: 2026-05-08 15:20

Summary

TYPO3 CMS Stores Cleartext Password in User Settings Module

Details

Problem

The backend user settings module (SetupModuleController) incorrectly conflates entity data (like passwords or email address) with user-interface settings (like theme, display options) when persisting changes. As a result, passwords were stored in cleartext in the uc and user_settings fields of the be_users database table.

The cleartext data was only persisted if users changed their credentials in the backend user settings module when the TYPO3 14.2.0 release was used (not in any other version).

Solution

Update to TYPO3 version 14.3.0 LTS which fixes the problem described.

[!IMPORTANT] Manual actions required

Updating to the patched release does not retroactively clean existing data. It is recommended to execute all User Settings upgrade wizards in the TYPO3 Install Tool, including the dedicated User Settings Scrubbing wizard, which sanitizes the incorrectly persisted cleartext values from the uc and user_settings fields of the be_users table. Additionally, affected backend user accounts should be assigned new passwords.

Admin Tools → Upgrade → Upgrade Wizard → User Settings Scrubbing

Credits

TYPO3 thanks Martin Clewing for reporting this issue, and TYPO3 core team members Oliver Hader, Stefan Bürk and Garvin Hicking for fixing it.

Severity ?

7.5 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

7.3 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

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CVE-2026-6553 (GCVE-0-2026-6553)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-21 10:04 – Updated: 2026-04-21 13:20

Title

TYPO3 CMS Stores Cleartext Password in User Settings Module

Summary

Changing backend users' passwords via the user settings module results in storing the cleartext password in the uc and user_settings fields of the be_users database table. This issue affects TYPO3 CMS version 14.2.0.

Severity ?

7.3 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

CWE

CWE-312 - Cleartext storage of sensitive information

Assigner

TYPO3

References

URL

Tags

	https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa…	vendor-advisory
	https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/9a6e913f707…	patch

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	TYPO3	TYPO3 CMS	Affected: 14.2.0 , < 14.3.0 (semver)

Credits

Martin Clewing Garvin Hicking Stefan Bürk Oliver Hader

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.

Action not permitted

GHSA-XVV6-P4WF-MVX7

Problem

Solution

Credits

CVE-2026-6553 (GCVE-0-2026-6553)

Tags

Sightings

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