CVE 7.3 HIGH

TYPO3 CMS Stores Cleartext Password in User Settings Module_CVE-2026-6553

7.3 / 10
HIGH
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

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.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-6553
Source TYPO3
Published Apr 21, 2026 at 10:04
Modified Apr 21, 2026 at 10:08

Affected Product

Vendor TYPO3
Product TYPO3 CMS
Version 14.2.0
Affected Versions TYPO3 TYPO3 CMS 14.2.0

CWE Classification

References

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