CVE-2023-50459 Broken Access Control in extension "femanager"
Authenticated users can edit or delete other frontend user accounts due to missing access permission checks in the femanager extension.
- 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-2023-50459?
CVE-2023-50459 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in TYPO3 femanager, published on 14 Sep 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-863
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-50459?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including in2code/femanager.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
in2code/femanager Packagist | From 7.0.0 | 7.2.3 |
in2code/femanager Packagist | From 7.0.0 | 7.2.3 |
How do I fix CVE-2023-50459?
Upgrade in2code/femanager to 7.2.3 or later.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2023-50459 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-50459 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4xp5-hr35-84cx.