Information disclosure in TYPO3 extension Mail exposes recipient data
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-639.
Summary
TYPO3 extension Mail is affected from 4.0.0 before 4.2.0 and from 0 before 3.12.5. The click tracking middleware does not validate the authentication code of a recipient when the code is omitted (CWE-639). An unauthenticated remote attacker can retrieve personal data of newsletter recipients, which is inserted into links of sent mails.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-03
Description from the CNA
The click tracking middleware does not validate the authentication code of a recipient if the code is omitted. Unauthenticated attackers can retrieve personal data of newsletter recipients, which is inserted into links of sent mails.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
Update TYPO3 extension Mail to version 4.2.0 for the 4.x line or to version 3.12.5 for the earlier line. CISA does not list this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-03
- Fix · CNA Extension "Mail" (TYPO3) Fixed in 4.2.0, 3.12.5
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Advisory ·
TYPO3 Extension "Mail" — typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-ext-sa-2026-037
6 records Highest priority Priority LOW 6 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-84200 TYPO3 Mail: backend users reach mails outside web mountsPriority LOW 31
- TI-2026-84197 Open redirection in TYPO3 extension MailPriority LOW 30
- TI-2026-84201 Server-Side Request Forgery in TYPO3 extension MailPriority LOW 24
Timeline
- 2026-11-03 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-120328
- 2026-11-03 Alias added: GHSA-8cvh-5xpf-xwvx
- 2026-11-03 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-11-03 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
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-2026-120328 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-120328 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8cvh-5xpf-xwvx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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