CVE-2022-31047: Information Disclosure via Exception Handling/Logger

Tue. 14th June, 2022

It has been discovered that TYPO3 CMS is susceptible to information disclosure.

• Component Type: TYPO3 CMS
• Subcomponent: Exception Handling/Logger (ext:core)
• Release Date: June 14, 2022
• Vulnerability Type: Information Disclosure
• Affected Versions: 7.0.0-7.6.56 ELTS, 8.0.0-8.7.46 ELTS, 9.0.0-9.5.34 ELTS, 10.0.0-10.4.28, 11.0.0-11.5.10
• Severity: Medium
• Suggested CVSS: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:F/RL:O/RC:C
• References: CVE-2022-31047, CWE-532

Problem Description

It has been discovered that system internal credentials or keys (e.g. database credentials) have been logged as plaintext in exception handlers, when logging the complete exception stack trace.

Solution

Update to TYPO3 versions 7.6.57 ELTS, 8.7.47 ELTS, 9.5.35 ELTS, 10.4.29, 11.5.11 that fix the problem described above.

Credits

Thanks to Marco Huber who reported this issue and to TYPO3 security team member Torben Hansen who fixed the issue.

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