CVE-2022-44543 TYPO3 Extension femanager vulnerable to Broken Access Control
Attackers can create frontend users in restricted groups by bypassing usergroup protection, leading to privilege escalation in TYPO3 installations.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-44543?
CVE-2022-44543 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Dec 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The femanager extension before 5.5.2, 6.x before 6.3.3, and 7.x before 7.0.1 for TYPO3 allows creation of frontend users in restricted groups (if there is a usergroup field on the registration form). This occurs because the usergroup.inList protection mechanism is mishandled.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-44543?
6 open source packages ship an affected version, including in2code/femanager. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
in2code/femanager Packagist | All versions | 5.5.2 |
in2code/femanager Packagist | All versions | 5.5.2 |
in2code/femanager Packagist | From 6.0.0 | 6.3.3 |
in2code/femanager Packagist | From 6.0.0 | 6.3.3 |
in2code/femanager Packagist | From 7.0.0 | 7.0.1 |
in2code/femanager Packagist | From 7.0.0 | 7.0.1 |
Products include In2code Femanager.
How do I fix CVE-2022-44543?
Upgrade in2code/femanager to a fixed version for your release line: 5.5.2, 6.3.3 or 7.0.1.
Is CVE-2022-44543 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-44543 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
- CVE-2023-25013 Broken Access Control in 3rd party TYPO3 extension "femanager"
- CVE-2023-25014 Broken Access Control in 3rd party TYPO3 extension "femanager"
- CVE-2014-6292 TYPO3 femanager extension allows remote frontend users to modify or delete records of other frontend users
- CVE-2021-36787 Cross-site Scripting in the femanager TYPO3 extension
Sources
Also known as GHSA-59m9-p6cm-94q5.