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medium 6.5

GHSA-jqr8-q455-xx45 json

TYPO3 Brute Force Protection Bypass in backend login

published 2y ago modified last yr.

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, GitHub
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
—
no score, EPSS covers CVEs only
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The backend login has a basic brute force protection implementation which pauses for 5 seconds if wrong credentials are given. This pause however could be bypassed by forging a special request, making brute force attacks on backend editor credentials more feasible.

Patch / fix

  • packagist typo3/cms 6.2.14, 7.3.1

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CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
GitHub 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
packagist typo3/cms
>=6.2.0, <6.2.14
>=7.0.0, <7.3.1
6.2.14
7.3.1

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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