Incorrect authorization in TYPO3 femanager
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-863.
Summary
An issue was discovered in the femanager extension 7.x before 7.2.3 for TYPO3. It fails to check access permissions for the edit user component. An authenticated frontend user can exploit this to either edit data of various frontend users or delete various frontend user accounts.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TYPO3 | femanager | 7.0.0 to before 7.2.3 | 7.2.3 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | in2code/femanager (Packagist) | 7.0.0 to before 7.2.3 | 7.2.3 | Patch available | GHSA-4xp5-hr35-84cx |
- femanager VendorTYPO3 Affected 7.0.0 to before 7.2.3 Fixed in 7.2.3 Patch available CNA
- in2code/femanager (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 7.0.0 to before 7.2.3 Fixed in 7.2.3 Patch available GHSA-4xp5-hr35-84cx
Remediation
- Fix · CNA femanager (TYPO3) Fixed in 7.2.3
- Fix · GHSA-4xp5-hr35-84cx in2code/femanager (Packagist) Fixed in 7.2.3 Advisory →
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
TYPO3 femanager 7.2.3
2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2023-27604 Incorrect authorization in TYPO3 femanagerPriority LOW 24
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-50459
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4xp5-hr35-84cx
References
More TYPO3 vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-10314 Persisted Cross-Site Scripting in Frontend Rendering in typo3 CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2010-03538 The jumpUrl (aka access tracking) implementation in tslib/class.tslib_fe.php in TYPO3… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.1
- TI-2009-00775 The jumpUrl mechanism in class.tslib_fe.php in TYPO3 3.3.x through 3.8.x, 4.0 before… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
- TI-2025-30547 The sr_feuser_register extension through 12.4.8 for TYPO3 allows Remote Code Execution. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2019-08867 The PharStreamWrapper (aka phar-stream-wrapper) package 2.x before 2.1.1 and 3.x before… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2008-04019 Unspecified vulnerability in the TYPO3 Secure Directory (kw_secdir) extension before… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
Sources
- CVE-2023-50459 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-50459 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4xp5-hr35-84cx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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