TYPO3 CMS Stores Cleartext Password in User Settings Module

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-6553
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerTYPO3
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-04-21 10:16:31 UTC
Updated2026-04-21 10:16:31 UTC
DescriptionChanging 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v4.0 7.3 HIGH from f4fb688c-4412-4426-b4b8-421ecf27b14a

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Problem Types: CWE-312 | CWE-312 CWE-312 Cleartext storage of sensitive information

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
4.0f4fb688c-4412-4426-b4b8-421ecf27b14aSecondary7.3HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/C...
4.0CNACVSS7.3HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

CVSS v4.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
Present
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Passive
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Sub Conf.
High
Sub Integrity
High
Sub Availability
High

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA TYPO3 TYPO3 CMS affected 14.2.0 14.3.0 semver Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2026-005 f4fb688c-4412-4426-b4b8-421ecf27b14a typo3.org
github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/9a6e913f70767f63b322ae3e2d2f4e302624c291 f4fb688c-4412-4426-b4b8-421ecf27b14a github.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: Martin Clewing (en)

CNA: Garvin Hicking (en)

CNA: Stefan Bürk (en)

CNA: Oliver Hader (en)

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