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CVE-2021-21338 json

Open Redirection in Login Handling

published 5y ago modified 4mo ago also BIT-typo3-2021-21338 , EUVD-2021-0597 , GHSA-4jhw-2p6j-5wmp

cvss
4.7
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 65%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

TYPO3 is an open source PHP based web content management system. In TYPO3 before versions 6.2.57, 7.6.51, 8.7.40, 9.5.25, 10.4.14, 11.1.1 it has been discovered that Login Handling is susceptible to open redirection which allows attackers redirecting to arbitrary content, and conducting phishing attacks. No authentication is required in order to exploit this vulnerability. This is fixed in versions 6.2.57, 7.6.51, 8.7.40, 9.5.25, 10.4.14, 11.1.1.

Patch / fix

  • packagist typo3/cms-core 6.2.57, 7.6.51, 8.7.40, 9.5.25, 10.4.14, 11.1.1
  • packagist typo3/cms 9.5.25, 10.4.14, 11.1.1
  • bitnami typo3 6.2.57, 7.6.51, 8.7.40, 9.5.25, 10.4.14, 11.1.1
  • typo3 typo3 6.2.57, 7.6.51, 8.7.40, 9.5.25, 10.4.14, 11.1.1

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Exploit prediction

1.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 4.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
GitHub 3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
OSV 3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
packagist typo3/cms-core
>=6.2.0, <6.2.57
>=7.0.0, <7.6.51
>=8.0.0, <8.7.40
>=10.0.0, <10.4.14
>=11.0.0, <11.1.1
>=9.0.0, <9.5.25
6.2.57
7.6.51
8.7.40
10.4.14
11.1.1
9.5.25
packagist typo3/cms
>=10.0.0, <10.4.14
>=11.0.0, <11.1.1
>=9.0.0, <9.5.25
10.4.14
11.1.1
9.5.25
bitnami typo3
>=6.2.0, <6.2.57
>=7.0.0, <7.6.51
>=8.0.0, <8.7.40
>=9.0.0, <9.5.25
>=10.0.0, <10.4.14
>=11.0.0, <11.1.1
6.2.57
7.6.51
8.7.40
9.5.25
10.4.14
11.1.1

Affected products

  • TYPO3 TYPO3.CMS

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-601 URL Redirection to Untrusted Site

References

Sources

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