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CVE-2023-47126: Information Disclosure in Install Tool in typo3/cms-install

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: 0.66% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 51.9% 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 typo3 12.4.8.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to TYPO3 typo3 12.4.8 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 released under the GNU GPL. In affected versions the login screen of the standalone install tool discloses the full path of the transient data directory (e.g. /var/www/html/var/transient/). This applies to composer-based scenarios only - “classic” non-composer installations are not affected. This issue has been addressed in version 12.4.8. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

MediumCVSS 5.3 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Nov 14, 2023
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.6% · 51th 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 · 0.6%

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

Is your version affected?

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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 typo312.2.0 and later · before 12.4.8

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

    • >= 12.2.0, < 12.4.8affected

Package-level exposure

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

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Packagisttypo3/cms-installfrom 12.2.0 · before 12.4.812.4.8

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-2023-24814Feb 7, 2023 · Persisted Cross-Site Scripting in Frontend Rendering in typo3
    24Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2023-38499Jul 25, 2023 · typo3/cms-core Information Disclosure due to Out-of-scope Site Resolution
    21Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2023-47127Nov 14, 2023 · Weak Authentication in Session Handling in typo3/cms-core
    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
TYPO3 typo312.4.8 · descriptionVendor (CNA)
Packagist:typo3/cms-install12.4.8Package 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.

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

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

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.

  • CVE-2024-2512191 days apartImproper Access Control Persisting File Abstraction Layer Entities via Data Handler in TYPO3
    28Monitor
  • CVE-2024-2511891 days apartInformation Disclosure of Hashed Passwords in TYPO3 Backend Forms
    26Monitor
  • CVE-2023-38499112 days aparttypo3/cms-core Information Disclosure due to Out-of-scope Site Resolution
    21Monitor
  • CVE-2024-34358182 days apartTYPO3 vulnerable to an Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in the ShowImageController
    21Monitor
  • CVE-2024-2511991 days apartInformation Disclosure of Encryption Key in TYPO3 Install Tool
    19Monitor
  • CVE-2022-23504335 days apartTYPO3 contains Sensitive Information Disclosure via YAML Placeholder Expressions in Site Configuration
    19Monitor

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

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.

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/*"]}

Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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