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CVE-2020-15098: Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm

July 29, 2020 (updated November 19, 2021)

In TYPO3 CMS greater than or equal to 9.0.0 and less than 9.5.20, and greater than or equal to 10.0.0 and less than 10.4.6, it has been discovered that an internal verification mechanism can be used to generate arbitrary checksums. This allows to inject arbitrary data having a valid cryptographic message authentication code (HMAC-SHA1) and can lead to various attack chains including potential privilege escalation, insecure deserialization & remote code execution. The overall severity of this vulnerability is high based on mentioned attack chains and the requirement of having a valid backend user session (authenticated). This has been patched in versions 9.5.20 and 10.4.6.

References

  • github.com/TYPO3/TYPO3.CMS/commit/85d3e70dff35a99ef53f4b561114acfa9e5c47e1
  • github.com/TYPO3/TYPO3.CMS/security/advisories/GHSA-m5vr-3m74-jwxp
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-m5vr-3m74-jwxp
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5091
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15098
  • typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2016-013
  • typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2020-008

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 9.0.0 before 9.5.20, all versions starting from 10.0.0 before 10.4.6

Fixed versions

  • 9.5.20
  • 10.4.6

Solution

Upgrade to versions 9.5.20, 10.4.6 or above.

Impact 8.8 HIGH

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-327: Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm
  • CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

Source file

packagist/typo3/cms-core/CVE-2020-15098.yml

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