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High 7.5Published Apr 21, 2026
CVE-2026-6553Changing 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.
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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.
- CVSS
- 7.5 HIGH (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-312
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
typo3 typo3 typo3:typo3 | 14.2.0 | NVD |
References
- https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/9a6e913f70767f63b322ae3e2d2f4e302624c291patch
- https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2026-005vendor-advisory
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