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CVE-2026-6553

Severity CVSS v4.0:
HIGH
Type:
CWE-312 Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information
Publication date:
21/04/2026
Last modified:
21/04/2026

Description

Changing backend users' passwords via the user settings module results in storing the cleartext password in the uc and user_settings fields of the be_users database table. This issue affects TYPO3 CMS version 14.2.0.

Impact

Vector 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H CVSS v4.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.30 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Attack Requirements (AT): Present
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Passsive
Confidentiality (VC): High
Integrity (VI): None
Availability (VA): None
Confidentiality (SC): High
Integrity (SI): High
Availability (SA): High

Base Score 4.0
7.30
Severity 4.0
HIGH

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