CVE-2020-26228: Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

November 23, 2020 (updated December 1, 2020)

TYPO3 is an open source PHP based web content management system. In TYPO3 user session identifiers were stored in cleartext - without processing with additional cryptographic hashing algorithms. This vulnerability cannot be exploited directly and occurs in combination with a chained attack - like for instance SQL injection in any other component of the system.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26228
typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2020-011

Code Behaviors & Features

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