CVE-2020-15099

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in TYPO3 CMS

HIGH
8.1
CVSS Score
Published: July 29, 2020 at 04:15 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:56 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorTYPO3

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Severity
HIGH8.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

In TYPO3 CMS greater than or equal to 9.0.0 and less than 9.5.20, and greater than or equal to 10.0.0 and less than 10.4.6, in a case where an attacker manages to generate a valid cryptographic message authentication code (HMAC-SHA1) - either by using a different existing vulnerability or in case the internal encryptionKey was exposed - it is possible to retrieve arbitrary files of a TYPO3 installation. This includes the possibility to fetch typo3conf/LocalConfiguration.php, which again contains the encryptionKey as well as credentials of the database management system being used. In case a database server is directly accessible either via internet or in a shared hosting network, this allows the ability to completely retrieve, manipulate or delete database contents. This includes creating an administration user account - which can be used to trigger remote code execution by injecting custom extensions. This has been patched in versions 9.5.20 and 10.4.6.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

95%
v < 9.5.2010.0.0 ≤ v < 10.4.69.0.0 ≤ v < 9.5.20>= 10.0.0, 10.4.6
Affected range stops below 10.4.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 9.5.20, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

CVSS

8.1HIGHGitHub_M
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20CWE-200

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