Vulnerability advisory

GHSA-4p9g-qgx9-397p

Denial of Service in Page Error Handling

Published Mar 23, 2021Updated Jul 8, 2026OSV record ↗

Also known as BIT-typo3-2021-21359CVE-2021-21359

Severity

CVSS 3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Affected versions

typo3/cms-core Packagist

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Affected	Fixed in
`10.0.0` to before 10.4.14	`10.4.14`Advisories →
Also listed as affected (20) `v10.0.0` `v10.1.0` `v10.2.0` `v10.2.1` `v10.2.2` `v10.3.0` `v10.4.0` `v10.4.1` `v10.4.10` `v10.4.11` `v10.4.12` `v10.4.13` `v10.4.2` `v10.4.3` `v10.4.4` `v10.4.5` `v10.4.6` `v10.4.7` `v10.4.8` `v10.4.9`
`11.0.0` to before 11.1.1	`11.1.1`Advisories →
Also listed as affected (2) `v11.0.0` `v11.1.0`
`9.0.0` to before 9.5.25	`9.5.25`Advisories →
Also listed as affected (34) `v9.0.0` `v9.1.0` `v9.2.0` `v9.2.1` `v9.3.0` `v9.3.1` `v9.3.2` `v9.3.3` `v9.4.0` `v9.5.0` `v9.5.1` `v9.5.10` `v9.5.11` `v9.5.12` `v9.5.13` `v9.5.14` `v9.5.15` `v9.5.16` `v9.5.17` `v9.5.18` `v9.5.19` `v9.5.2` `v9.5.20` `v9.5.21` `v9.5.22` `v9.5.23` `v9.5.24` `v9.5.3` `v9.5.4` `v9.5.5` `v9.5.6` `v9.5.7` `v9.5.8` `v9.5.9`

typo3/cms Packagist

All typo3/cms advisories →

Affected	Fixed in
`10.0.0` to before 10.4.14	`10.4.14`Advisories →
Also listed as affected (20) `v10.0.0` `v10.1.0` `v10.2.0` `v10.2.1` `v10.2.2` `v10.3.0` `v10.4.0` `v10.4.1` `v10.4.10` `v10.4.11` `v10.4.12` `v10.4.13` `v10.4.2` `v10.4.3` `v10.4.4` `v10.4.5` `v10.4.6` `v10.4.7` `v10.4.8` `v10.4.9`
`11.0.0` to before 11.1.1	`11.1.1`Advisories →
Also listed as affected (2) `v11.0.0` `v11.1.0`
`9.0.0` to before 9.5.25	`9.5.25`Advisories →
Also listed as affected (34) `v9.0.0` `v9.1.0` `v9.2.0` `v9.2.1` `v9.3.0` `v9.3.1` `v9.3.2` `v9.3.3` `v9.4.0` `v9.5.0` `v9.5.1` `v9.5.10` `v9.5.11` `v9.5.12` `v9.5.13` `v9.5.14` `v9.5.15` `v9.5.16` `v9.5.17` `v9.5.18` `v9.5.19` `v9.5.2` `v9.5.20` `v9.5.21` `v9.5.22` `v9.5.23` `v9.5.24` `v9.5.3` `v9.5.4` `v9.5.5` `v9.5.6` `v9.5.7` `v9.5.8` `v9.5.9`

Description

Meta

CVSS: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C (5.5)

CWE-405, CWE-674

Status: DRAFT

Problem

Requesting invalid or non-existing resources via HTTP triggers the page error handler which again could retrieve content to be shown as error message from another page. This leads to a scenario in which the application is calling itself recursively - amplifying the impact of the initial attack until the limits of the web server are exceeded.

Solution

Update to TYPO3 versions 9.5.25, 10.4.14, 11.1.1 that fix the problem described.

Credits

Thanks to Paul Keller, Mathias Bolt Lesniak and Kay Strobach who reported this issue and to TYPO3 framework merger Frank Nägler and to TYPO3 security team member Torben Hansen who fixed the issue.

References

TYPO3-CORE-SA-2021-005