CVE-2026-85400 (GCVE-0-2026-85400)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-08 09:18 – Updated: 2026-09-08 12:20
VLAI
Title
TYPO3 CMS - Missing Authorization in lowlevel commands
Summary
Backend administrators without system maintainer privileges were able to schedule any of the configuration:read, configuration:set, and configuration:show commands. This allowed them to modify arbitrary system configuration, which is normally limited to system maintainers. As a consequence, this allowed them, for example, to gain system maintainer privileges or cause a denial of service. Exploiting this vulnerability requires an administrator-level backend user account. This issue affects TYPO3 CMS versions 14.2.0-14.3.6.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-08 12:20 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-862 - Missing Authorization
  • CWE-266 - Incorrect privilege assignment
Assigner
TYPO3 CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 74 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
TYPO3 TYPO3 CMS Affected: 14.2.0 , < 14.3.7 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:typo3:typo3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Credits
Tharsanan Kurukulasingam Elias Häußler
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