Broken access control in TYPO3 Frontend User Registration extension
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 · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-639.
Summary
TYPO3 extension "Frontend User Registration" (sf_register) from 0 before 13.2.5 and from 14.0.0 before 14.0.3 does not reject requests with a missing or invalid hash in the action links sent by its emails. An unauthenticated remote attacker can act on arbitrary active frontend users, retrieving their email addresses or usernames and deleting their accounts. This is a broken access control flaw tied to CWE-639.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-03
Description from the CNA
The actions linked in the emails of the extension (e.g. to confirm a registration or the deletion of an account) do not reject requests with a missing or invalid hash. Instead, the frontend user given in the request is used. Unauthenticated attackers can therefore perform these actions for arbitrary active frontend users. This allows them to retrieve the email address or username of all frontend users and to delete arbitrary frontend user accounts.
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TYPO3 | Extension "Frontend User Registration" | 14.0.0 to before 14.0.3; before 13.2.5 | 14.0.3, 13.2.5 | Patch available | CNA |
- Extension "Frontend User Registration" VendorTYPO3 Affected 14.0.0 to before 14.0.3; before 13.2.5 Fixed in 14.0.3, 13.2.5 Patch available CNA
Remediation
Update the extension to version 14.0.3 for TYPO3 14 or to version 13.2.5 for TYPO3 13.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-03
- Fix · CNA Extension "Frontend User Registration" (TYPO3) Fixed in 14.0.3, 13.2.5
Timeline
- 2026-11-03 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-120333
- 2026-11-03 Alias added: GHSA-8m82-x5v9-mxhw
- 2026-11-03 CISA SSVC decision points changed
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-2026-120333 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-120333 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8m82-x5v9-mxhw · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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