CVE-2022-23502 TYPO3 contains Insufficient Session Expiration after Password Reset

Medium 5.4 Published Updated

Attackers can maintain access via old sessions after a user resets their password, potentially leading to account takeover.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2022-23502?

CVE-2022-23502 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Typo3 Typo3, published on 14 Dec 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

TYPO3 is an open source PHP based web content management system. In versions prior to 10.4.33, 11.5.20, and 12.1.1, When users reset their password using the corresponding password recovery functionality, existing sessions for that particular user account were not revoked. This applied to both frontend user sessions and backend user sessions. This issue is patched in versions 10.4.33, 11.5.20, 12.1.1.

Weakness: CWE-613

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-23502?

13 open source packages ship an affected version, including typo3/cms, typo3 and typo3/cms-core. It affects 1 product.

PackageAffectedFixed in
typo3/cms PackagistFrom 10.0.010.4.33
typo3/cms PackagistFrom 10.0.010.4.33
typo3/cms PackagistFrom 11.0.011.5.20
typo3/cms PackagistFrom 11.0.011.5.20
typo3/cms PackagistFrom 12.0.012.1.1
typo3/cms PackagistFrom 12.0.012.1.1
7 more packages
typo3 BitnamiFrom 10.0.010.4.33, 11.5.20, 12.1.1
typo3/cms-core PackagistFrom 10.0.010.4.33
typo3/cms-core PackagistFrom 10.0.010.4.33
typo3/cms-core PackagistFrom 11.0.011.5.20
typo3/cms-core PackagistFrom 11.0.011.5.20
typo3/cms-core PackagistFrom 12.0.012.1.1
typo3/cms-core PackagistFrom 12.0.012.1.1

Products include Typo3 Typo3.

How do I fix CVE-2022-23502?

Upgrade typo3/cms to a fixed version for your release line: 10.4.33, 11.5.20 or 12.1.1.

Is CVE-2022-23502 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-23502 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Typo3 Typo3 vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as BIT-typo3-2022-23502, GHSA-mgj2-q8wp-29rr.

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