ghsa-p5jq-5383-qvc7
Vulnerability from github
Published
2025-09-09 09:31
Modified
2025-09-10 21:12
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
6.3 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Summary
TYPO3 CMS uses insufficient entropy when generating passwords
Details

A deterministic three‑character prefix in the Password Generation component of TYPO3 CMS versions 12.0.0–12.4.36 and 13.0.0–13.4.17 reduces entropy, allowing attackers to carry out brute‑force attacks more quickly.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Packagist",
        "name": "typo3/cms-core"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "12.0.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "12.4.37"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Packagist",
        "name": "typo3/cms-core"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "13.0.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "13.4.18"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-59015"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-331"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-09-09T20:10:43Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-09-09T09:15:40Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "A deterministic three\u2011character prefix in the Password Generation component of TYPO3 CMS versions 12.0.0\u201312.4.36 and 13.0.0\u201313.4.17 reduces entropy, allowing attackers to carry out brute\u2011force attacks more quickly.",
  "id": "GHSA-p5jq-5383-qvc7",
  "modified": "2025-09-10T21:12:06Z",
  "published": "2025-09-09T09:31:12Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59015"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/TYPO3-CMS/core/commit/d2057cc7b2c2db417a2af38c30cb9da42302ab70"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/TYPO3-CMS/core"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2025-019"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "TYPO3 CMS uses insufficient entropy when generating passwords"
}


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