{"id":"CVE-2026-6553","aliases":["EUVD-2026-24081","GHSA-xvv6-p4wf-mvx7"],"status":"published","title":"TYPO3 CMS Stores Cleartext Password in User Settings Module","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.","severity":{"version":"4.0","score":7.3,"vector":"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","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.00167,"percentile":0.05998,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-312"],"published":"2026-04-21T10:04:02Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:54Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"Packagist","package":"typo3/cms-backend","fixed_in":["14.3.0"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"Packagist","package":"typo3/cms-backend","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"14.2.0"},{"last_affected":"14.2.0"},{"fixed":"14.3.0"}]}],"versions":["14.2.0"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Packagist","package":"typo3/cms-backend","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"14.2.0"},{"fixed":"14.3.0"}]}],"versions":["14.2.0","v14.2.0"]}],"products":[{"vendor":"typo3","product":"typo3"},{"vendor":"typo3","product":"typo3 cms"}],"references":[{"url":"https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2026-005","tags":["vendor-advisory","Vendor Advisory","advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/9a6e913f70767f63b322ae3e2d2f4e302624c291","tags":["patch","Patch","fix","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/security/advisories/GHSA-xvv6-p4wf-mvx7","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-6553","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xvv6-p4wf-mvx7"},{"url":"https://packagist.org","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/6xxx/CVE-2026-6553.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3","tags":["package"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-6553","title":"TYPO3 CMS Stores Cleartext Password in User Settings Module","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.","status":"published","published":"2026-04-21T10:04:02.525Z","modified":"2026-04-21T13:20:23.515Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":7.3,"vector":"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","level":"high","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-312"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T13:49:53.818886Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2026-24081","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.","status":"published","published":"2026-04-21T10:04:02Z","modified":"2026-04-21T13:20:23Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":7.3,"vector":"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","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T19:24:22.012341Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-xvv6-p4wf-mvx7","title":"TYPO3 CMS Stores Cleartext Password in User Settings Module","description":"### Problem\nThe backend user settings module (`SetupModuleController`) incorrectly conflates entity data (like passwords or email address) with user-interface settings (like theme, display options) when persisting changes. As a result, passwords were stored in cleartext in the `uc` and `user_settings` fields of the `be_users` database table.\n\nThe cleartext data was only persisted if users changed their credentials in the backend user settings module when the TYPO3 14.2.0 release was used (not in any other version).\n\n### Solution\nUpdate to TYPO3 version 14.3.0 LTS which fixes the problem described.\n\n\u003e [!IMPORTANT]\n\u003e **Manual actions required**\n\u003e \n\u003e Updating to the patched release does not retroactively clean existing data. It is recommended to execute all User Settings upgrade wizards in the TYPO3 Install Tool, including the dedicated User Settings Scrubbing wizard, which sanitizes the incorrectly persisted cleartext values from the `uc` and `user_settings` fields of the `be_users` table. **Additionally, affected backend user accounts should be assigned new passwords.**\n\u003e \n\u003e _Admin Tools → Upgrade → Upgrade Wizard → User Settings Scrubbing_\n\n### Credits\nTYPO3 thanks Martin Clewing for reporting this issue, and TYPO3 core team members Oliver Hader, Stefan Bürk and Garvin Hicking for fixing it.","status":"published","published":"2026-04-24T16:39:15Z","modified":"2026-05-08T15:20:40Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":7.3,"vector":"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","level":"high"},{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-312"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:40:03.762927Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-6553","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.","status":"published","published":"2026-04-21T10:16:31.22Z","modified":"2026-10-25T23:10:00.167Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":7.3,"vector":"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","level":"high","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"high","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-312"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:12:15.120927Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2026-6553","title":"TYPO3 CMS Stores Cleartext Password in User Settings Module","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.","status":"published","published":"2026-04-21T10:04:02.525Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:54.435108405Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":7.3,"vector":"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","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-312"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:45:14.096824Z"},{"id":"GHSA-xvv6-p4wf-mvx7","title":"TYPO3 CMS Stores Cleartext Password in User Settings Module","description":"### Problem\nThe backend user settings module (`SetupModuleController`) incorrectly conflates entity data (like passwords or email address) with user-interface settings (like theme, display options) when persisting changes. As a result, passwords were stored in cleartext in the `uc` and `user_settings` fields of the `be_users` database table.\n\nThe cleartext data was only persisted if users changed their credentials in the backend user settings module when the TYPO3 14.2.0 release was used (not in any other version).\n\n### Solution\nUpdate to TYPO3 version 14.3.0 LTS which fixes the problem described.\n\n\u003e [!IMPORTANT]\n\u003e **Manual actions required**\n\u003e \n\u003e Updating to the patched release does not retroactively clean existing data. It is recommended to execute all User Settings upgrade wizards in the TYPO3 Install Tool, including the dedicated User Settings Scrubbing wizard, which sanitizes the incorrectly persisted cleartext values from the `uc` and `user_settings` fields of the `be_users` table. **Additionally, affected backend user accounts should be assigned new passwords.**\n\u003e \n\u003e _Admin Tools → Upgrade → Upgrade Wizard → User Settings Scrubbing_\n\n### Credits\nTYPO3 thanks Martin Clewing for reporting this issue, and TYPO3 core team members Oliver Hader, Stefan Bürk and Garvin Hicking for fixing it.","status":"published","published":"2026-04-24T16:39:15Z","modified":"2026-05-08T15:33:52.427943Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"high"},{"version":"4.0","score":7.3,"vector":"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","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-312"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:47:00.604718Z"}]}}