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CVE-2026-6553

TYPO3 CMS Stores Cleartext Password in User Settings Module

Published: Apr 21, 2026Updated: May 5, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-312
7.5HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 93.8%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Changing backend users' passwords via the user settings module results in storing the cleartext password in the uc and user_settings fields of the be_users database table. This issue affects TYPO3 CMS version 14.2.0.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-312

Affected Products

typo3typo3Web & CMS Plugins
TYPO3 CMSTYPO3Web & CMS Plugins
typo3oss-projectDEWeb & CMS Pluginsaka typo3cms, typo3 cms

Exploitability

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Credential Access
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References

https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/9a6e913f70767f63b322ae3e2d2f4e302624c291
github.com
https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2026-005
typo3.org

Timeline

Published
Apr 21, 2026
Last Updated
May 5, 2026

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