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Security Advisories: GSA_kwCzR0hTQS00ZzUyLXBxOGotNnF2Nc4ABDTy

TYPO3 Extension Manager Module vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery

Problem

A vulnerability has been identified in the backend user interface functionality involving deep links. Specifically, this functionality is susceptible to Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). Additionally, state-changing actions in downstream components incorrectly accepted submissions via HTTP GET and did not enforce the appropriate HTTP method.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires the victim to have an active session on the backend user interface and to be deceived into interacting with a malicious URL targeting the backend, which can occur under the following conditions:

• the user opens a malicious link, such as one sent via email.
• the user visits a compromised or manipulated website while the following settings are misconfigured:
  • security.backend.enforceReferrer feature is disabled,
  • BE/cookieSameSite configuration is set to lax or none

The vulnerability in the affected downstream component “Extension Manager Module” allows attackers to retrieve and install 3rd party extensions from the TYPO3 Extension Repository - which can lead to remote code execution in the worst case.

Solution

Update to TYPO3 versions 11.5.42 ELTS, 12.4.25 LTS, 13.4.3 LTS that fix the problem described.

Credits

Thanks to Gabriel Dimitrov who reported this issue and to TYPO3 core and security members Benjamin Franzke, Oliver Hader, Andreas Kienast, Torben Hansen, Elias Häußler who fixed the issue.

References

• TYPO3-CORE-SA-2025-006

Permalink: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4g52-pq8j-6qv5
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Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: High
Classification: General
Published: 3 days ago
Updated: 3 days ago

CVSS Score: 7.5
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Percentage: 0.00043
EPSS Percentile: 0.11266

Identifiers: GHSA-4g52-pq8j-6qv5, CVE-2024-55921
References:

• https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/security/advisories/GHSA-4g52-pq8j-6qv5
• https://github.com/TYPO3-CMS/extensionmanager/commit/a5a58626dcb2af0c31bc6aec068e3d24e789b9e8
• https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2025-006
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-55921
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4g52-pq8j-6qv5

Repository: https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3
Blast Radius: 18.5

Affected Packages