CVE-2022-23500

TYPO3 subject to Uncontrolled Recursion resulting in Denial of Service

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: December 14, 2022 at 07:07 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:30 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorTYPO3

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

TYPO3 is an open source PHP based web content management system. In versions prior to 9.5.38, 10.4.33, 11.5.20, and 12.1.1, requesting invalid or non-existing resources via HTTP triggers the page error handler, which again could retrieve content to be shown as an error message from another page. This leads to a scenario in which the application is calling itself recursively - amplifying the impact of the initial attack until the limits of the web server are exceeded. This vulnerability is very similar, but not identical, to the one described in CVE-2021-21359. This issue is patched in versions 9.5.38 ELTS, 10.4.33, 11.5.20 or 12.1.1.

Affected

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

95%
v < 10.4.33v < 11.5.20v < 12.1.0v < 9.5.3810.0.0 ≤ v < 10.4.3311.0.0 ≤ v < 11.5.209.0.0 ≤ v < 9.5.38
Affected range stops below 10.4.33, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 11.5.20, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 12.1.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 9.5.38, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

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

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-674

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