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Improper Access Control

CVE-2022-44543

Medium
6.5/10

Summary

The TYPO3 Extension femanager prior to versions 5.5.2, 6.x prior to 6.3.3, and 7.x prior to 7.0.1 is vulnerable to broken access control. The "usergroup.inList" validation can be bypassed resulting in new frontend users created by the extension may be members of groups that are restricted. The vulnerability is only exploitable if the field "usergroup" is available in the registration form.

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  • NETWORK
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  • UNCHANGED
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CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

Listed 5th in the 'OWASP Top Ten', improper (or broken) access control attacks are a fundamental type of vulnerability. This includes a broad range of design flaws that enable users to act outside of their intended permissions. They can use these privileges to gain access to restricted files and functionality such as accessing restricted information, falsifying records, destroying data, or executing commands.

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Advisory Timeline

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