Vulnerability advisory

GHSA-954j-f27r-cj52

Cleartext storage of session identifier

Published Nov 23, 2020Updated Jul 8, 2026OSV record ↗

Also known as BIT-typo3-2020-26228CVE-2020-26228

Severity

CVSS 3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected versions

typo3/cms-core Packagist

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Affected	Fixed in
`9.0.0` to before 9.5.23	`9.5.23`Advisories →
Also listed as affected (32) `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` `v9.5.3` `v9.5.4` `v9.5.5` `v9.5.6` `v9.5.7` `v9.5.8` `v9.5.9`
`10.0.0` to before 10.4.10	`10.4.10`Advisories →
Also listed as affected (16) `v10.0.0` `v10.1.0` `v10.2.0` `v10.2.1` `v10.2.2` `v10.3.0` `v10.4.0` `v10.4.1` `v10.4.2` `v10.4.3` `v10.4.4` `v10.4.5` `v10.4.6` `v10.4.7` `v10.4.8` `v10.4.9`
`8.7.0` to before 8.7.38	`8.7.38`Advisories →
Also listed as affected (26) `v8.7.10` `v8.7.11` `v8.7.12` `v8.7.13` `v8.7.14` `v8.7.15` `v8.7.16` `v8.7.17` `v8.7.18` `v8.7.19` `v8.7.20` `v8.7.21` `v8.7.22` `v8.7.23` `v8.7.24` `v8.7.25` `v8.7.26` `v8.7.27` `v8.7.28` `v8.7.29` `v8.7.30` `v8.7.31` `v8.7.32` `v8.7.7` `v8.7.8` `v8.7.9`

typo3/cms Packagist

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Affected	Fixed in
`10.0.0` to before 10.4.10	`10.4.10`Advisories →
Also listed as affected (16) `v10.0.0` `v10.1.0` `v10.2.0` `v10.2.1` `v10.2.2` `v10.3.0` `v10.4.0` `v10.4.1` `v10.4.2` `v10.4.3` `v10.4.4` `v10.4.5` `v10.4.6` `v10.4.7` `v10.4.8` `v10.4.9`
`9.0.0` to before 9.5.23	`9.5.23`Advisories →
Also listed as affected (32) `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` `v9.5.3` `v9.5.4` `v9.5.5` `v9.5.6` `v9.5.7` `v9.5.8` `v9.5.9`
`8.7.0` to before 8.7.38	`8.7.38`Advisories →
Also listed as affected (33) `8.7.0` `8.7.1` `8.7.2` `v8.7.10` `v8.7.11` `v8.7.12` `v8.7.13` `v8.7.14` `v8.7.15` `v8.7.16` `v8.7.17` `v8.7.18` `v8.7.19` `v8.7.20` `v8.7.21` `v8.7.22` `v8.7.23` `v8.7.24` `v8.7.25` `v8.7.26` `v8.7.27` `v8.7.28` `v8.7.29` `v8.7.3` `v8.7.30` `v8.7.31` `v8.7.32` `v8.7.4` `v8.7.5` `v8.7.6` `v8.7.7` `v8.7.8` `v8.7.9`

Description

User session identifiers were stored in cleartext - without processing of additional cryptographic hashing algorithms. This vulnerability cannot be exploited directly and occurs in combination with a chained attack - like for instance SQL injection in any other component of the system.

Solution

Update to TYPO3 versions 9.5.23 or 10.4.10 that fix the problem described.

Credits

Thanks to TYPO3 security team member Helmut Hummel who reported this issue and to TYPO3 core & security team members Benni Mack & Oliver Hader as well as TYPO3 contributor Markus Klein who fixed the issue.