CVE-2023-50459
Broken Access Control in extension "femanager"
An issue was discovered in the femanager extension 7.x before 7.2.3 for TYPO3. It fails to check access permissions for the edit user component. An authenticated frontend user can exploit this to either edit data of various frontend users or delete various frontend user accounts.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
An issue was discovered in the femanager extension 7.x before 7.2.3 for TYPO3. It fails to check access permissions for the edit user component. An authenticated frontend user can exploit this to either edit data of various frontend users or delete various frontend user accounts.
- Record
CVE-2023-50459- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-863
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-60685
An issue was discovered in the femanager extension 7.x before 7.2.3 for TYPO3. It fails to check access permissions for the edit user component. An authenticated frontend user can exploit this to either edit data of various frontend users or delete various frontend user accounts.
- Record
EUVD-2023-60685- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4xp5-hr35-84cx
Broken Access Control in extension "femanager"
The extension fails to check access permissions for the edit user component. An authenticated frontend user can use the vulnerability to either edit data of various frontend users or to delete various frontend user accounts.
Another missing access check in the backend module of the extensions allows an authenticated backend user to perform various actions (userLogout, confirmUser, refuseUser and resendUserConfirmation) for any frontend user in the system.
- Record
GHSA-4xp5-hr35-84cx- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
An issue was discovered in the femanager extension 7.x before 7.2.3 for TYPO3. It fails to check access permissions for the edit user component. An authenticated frontend user can exploit this to either edit data of various frontend users or delete various frontend user accounts.
- Record
CVE-2023-50459- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-863
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-4xp5-hr35-84cx
Broken Access Control in extension "femanager"
The extension fails to check access permissions for the edit user component. An authenticated frontend user can use the vulnerability to either edit data of various frontend users or to delete various frontend user accounts.
Another missing access check in the backend module of the extensions allows an authenticated backend user to perform various actions (userLogout, confirmUser, refuseUser and resendUserConfirmation) for any frontend user in the system.
- Record
GHSA-4xp5-hr35-84cx- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
in2code/femanagerPackagist |
7.0.0 up to 7.2.3 | 7.2.3 |
in2code/femanagerPackagist |
7.0.0 up to 7.2.3, plus listed versions 7.0.17.1.07.1.17.2.07.2.17.2.2 |
7.2.3 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-50459 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Typo3 Femanager, published December 13, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.29%, the 21st percentile. Fixed in in2code/femanager 7.2.3.