Vulnerability advisory

GHSA-jqr8-q455-xx45

TYPO3 Brute Force Protection Bypass in backend login

Published May 30, 2024Updated Dec 5, 2024OSV record ↗

Severity

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

Affected versions

typo3/cms Packagist

Affected	Fixed in
`6.2.0` to before 6.2.14	`6.2.14`Advisories →
Also listed as affected (15) `6.2.0` `6.2.1` `6.2.10` `6.2.10-rc1` `6.2.11` `6.2.12` `6.2.13` `6.2.2` `6.2.3` `6.2.4` `6.2.5` `6.2.6` `6.2.7` `6.2.8` `6.2.9`
`7.0.0` to before 7.3.1	`7.3.1`Advisories →
Also listed as affected (6) `7.0.0` `7.0.1` `7.0.2` `7.1.0` `7.2.0` `7.3.0`

Description

The backend login has a basic brute force protection implementation which pauses for 5 seconds if wrong credentials are given. This pause however could be bypassed by forging a special request, making brute force attacks on backend editor credentials more feasible.

References

Webgithub.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/0b67290bbd941c07b0101bbfd6c7aadcbb93c75c ↗
Webgithub.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/0f3fb37674688aba5a44ca6f5df7f8a327a5b5f6 ↗
Webgithub.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/typo3/cms/2015-07-01-5.yaml ↗
Packagegithub.com/TYPO3/typo3 ↗
Webtypo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2015-006 ↗
Webtypo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-core/typo3-core-sa-2015-006 ↗