Problem It has been discovered that the install tool password has been logged as plaintext in case the password hashing mechanism used for the password was incorrect. Solution Update to TYPO3 versions 13.4.3 LTS that fixes the problem described. Credits Thanks to TYPO3 core & security team member Oliver Hader who reported and fixed the issue. References TYPO3-CORE-SA-2025-001
TYPO3 is an open source PHP based web content management system released under the GNU GPL. In affected versions the login screen of the standalone install tool discloses the full path of the transient data directory (e.g. /var/www/html/var/transient/). This applies to composer-based scenarios only - “classic” non-composer installations are not affected. This issue has been addressed in version 12.4.8. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for …
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Install Tool in TYPO3 4.2.x before 4.2.16, 4.3.x before 4.3.9, and 4.4.x before 4.4.5 allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Install Tool subcomponent in TYPO3 4.0.13 and earlier, 4.1.x before 4.1.13, 4.2.x before 4.2.10, and 4.3.x before 4.3beta2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified parameters.
TYPO3 before 4.1.14, 4.2.x before 4.2.13, 4.3.x before 4.3.4 and 4.4.x before 4.4.1 contains insecure randomness in the uniqid function.
TYPO3 before 4.1.14, 4.2.x before 4.2.13, 4.3.x before 4.3.4 and 4.4.x before 4.4.1 is open to a session fixation attack which allows remote attackers to hijack a victim's session.