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CVE-2023-38499: typo3/cms-core Information Disclosure due to Out-of-scope Site Resolution

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 21/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 64.5% of all records.
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: typo3/cms-core (Packagist) 10.4.39, 11.5.30, 12.4.4.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to typo3/cms-core (Packagist) 10.4.39, 11.5.30, 12.4.4 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

TYPO3 is an open source PHP based web content management system. Starting in version 9.4.0 and prior to versions 9.5.42 ELTS, 10.4.39 ELTS, 11.5.30, and 12.4.4, in multi-site scenarios, enumerating the HTTP query parameters `id` and `L` allowed out-of-scope access to rendered content in the website frontend. For instance, this allowed visitors to access content of an internal site by adding handcrafted query parameters to the URL of a site that was publicly available. TYPO3 versions 9.5.42 ELTS, 10.4.39 ELTS, 11.5.30, 12.4.4 fix the problem.

MediumCVSS 5.3 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Jul 25, 2023
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
1.0% · 64th percentile

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Action score

21

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
21 / 40 · 5.3 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 1.0%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
5.3
CNA · GitHub_M
3.7
1.6 point gap

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
typo3typo3

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • typo3 typo39.4.0 and later · before 9.5.42
  • typo3 typo310.0.0 and later · before 10.4.39
  • typo3 typo311.0.0 and later · before 11.5.30
  • typo3 typo312.0.0 and later · before 12.4.4

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (GitHub_M). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • TYPO3 typo3

    • >= 9.4.0, < 9.5.42, >= 10.0.0, < 10.4.39, >= 11.0.0, < 11.5.30, >= 12.0.0, < 12.4.4affected

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Packagisttypo3/cms-corefrom 10.0.0 · before 10.4.3910.4.39
Packagisttypo3/cms-corefrom 11.0.0 · before 11.5.3011.5.30
Packagisttypo3/cms-corefrom 12.0.0 · before 12.4.412.4.4
Packagisttypo3/cms-corefrom 9.4.0 · before 9.5.429.5.42

Same product

typo3: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2009-0255The System extension Install tool in TYPO3 4.0.0 through 4.0.9, 4.1.0 through 4.1.7, and 4.2.0 through 4.2.3 creates the encryption key with
    60This week
  • CVE-2013-6288Unspecified vulnerability in the Apache Solr for TYPO3 (solr) extension before 2.8.3 for TYPO3 has unknown impact and remote attack vectors,
    41Plan
  • CVE-2013-5303Unspecified vulnerability in the Store Locator (locator) extension before 3.1.5 for TYPO3 has unknown impact and remote attack vectors, rela
    41Plan

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2022-23504Dec 14, 2022 · TYPO3 contains Sensitive Information Disclosure via YAML Placeholder Expressions in Site Configuration
    19Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2023-24814Feb 7, 2023 · Persisted Cross-Site Scripting in Frontend Rendering in typo3
    24Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2023-47126Nov 14, 2023 · Information Disclosure in Install Tool in typo3/cms-install
    21Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Packagist:typo3/cms-core10.4.39Package registry (OSV)
Packagist:typo3/cms-core11.5.30Package registry (OSV)
Packagist:typo3/cms-core12.4.4Package registry (OSV)
Packagist:typo3/cms-core9.5.42Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

Credits

All researchers

Finders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.

No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
low · data can be read
Integrity
none
Availability
none
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
Low
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

nvd-primary

Root cause

The extension requests broader permissions than its function needs and sends the data it collects out for purposes beyond its stated function.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-200 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

json
{  "permissions": ["tabs", "<all_urls>"],  "background": { "service_worker": "analytics.js" }}

Fixed

json
{  "permissions": ["activeTab"],  "host_permissions": ["https://yildiz.example/*"]}

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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