GHSA-68jx-f42c-7599
TYPO3 CMS - Broken Access Control in Backend and Install Tool
Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Packagist | typo3/cms-backend | >= 13.0.0, < 13.4.34 | 13.4.34 |
| Packagist | typo3/cms-core | >= 14.0.0, < 14.3.6 | 14.3.6 |
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
### Problem
The referrer enforcement introduced with [TYPO3-CORE-SA-2020-006](https://news.typo3.com/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2020-006) ([CVE-2020-11069](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-11069)) became ineffective in TYPO3 v13.0, where TYPO3 CMS started serving the backend and Admin Tool applications from the site's main entry script instead of the dedicated typo3/ directory.
Whether a request originated from the backend or Install Tool itself was determined by comparing the referrer against the directory of the entry script, which since then is the site root. As a consequence, requests originating from any script running on one of the TYPO3 instance's own domains, such as a frontend page, were accepted by backend routes and Install Tool endpoints.
Attackers able to execute JavaScript on one of those domains, for instance by exploiting a cross-site scripting vulnerability, could invoke these endpoints via Fetch/XHR with the privileges of an authenticated victim's user session.
### Solution
Update to TYPO3 versions 13.4.34 LTS, 14.3.6 LTS that fix the problem described.
### Credits
Thanks to Hổ Cao Từ for reporting this issue, and to TYPO3 core & security team member Benjamin Franzke for fixing it.
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.
- https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/security/advisories/GHSA-68jx-f42c-7599
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-19418
- https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/4a75e862c589c85d795d7c65dcdc835f8f413efc
- https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/a0e8ee06a40e959b9e7b06a4b1cb19d3a0d3dcf7
- https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/ae0abd329d52285fe6e92804c3608820ad45e872
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/typo3/cms-core/CVE-2026-19418.yaml
- https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3
- https://news.typo3.com/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2026-021
- https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2020-006
- https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2026-021