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CVE-2024-25120: Improper Access Control of Resources Referenced by t3:// URI Scheme in TYPO3

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-02-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

TYPO3 is an open source PHP based web content management system released under the GNU GPL. The TYPO3-specific `t3://` URI scheme could be used to access resources outside of the users' permission scope. This encompassed files, folders, pages, and records (although only if a valid link-handling configuration was provided). Exploiting this vulnerability requires a valid backend user account. Users are advised to update to TYPO3 versions 8.7.57 ELTS, 9.5.46 ELTS, 10.4.43 ELTS, 11.5.35 LTS, 12.4.11 LTS, 13.0.1 that fix the problem described. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

Affected products

• typo3: from 8.0.0 before 8.7.57; from 9.0.0 before 9.5.46; from 10.0.0 before 10.4.43; from 11.0.0 before 11.5.35; from 12.0.0 before 12.4.11; 13.0.0 — fixed in 10.4.43, 11.5.35, 12.4.11, 8.7.57, 9.5.46

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: typo3 10.4.43, 11.5.35, 12.4.11, 8.7.57. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://docs.typo3.org/m/typo3/reference-typoscript/main/en-us/Functions/Typolink.html#resource-references
• https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/security/advisories/GHSA-wf85-8hx9-gj7c
• https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2024-005
• https://docs.typo3.org/m/typo3/reference-typoscript/main/en-us/Functions/Typolink.html#resource-references
• https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/security/advisories/GHSA-wf85-8hx9-gj7c
• https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2024-005

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