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CVE-2026-6553

Changing backend users' passwords via the user settings module results in storing the cleartext password in the uc and u

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.

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.0002
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-312Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information
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Affected Products & Versions

1
typo3all versions
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Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
Packagist typo3/cms-backend HIGH fixed in 14.3.0
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Scoring & Timeline

7.5
HIGH · CVSS v3.1 · f4fb688c-4412-4426-b4b8-421ecf27b14a
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD21 Apr 2026 · 10:16 AM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
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References & Sources

2
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/9a6e913f70767f63b322ae3e2d2f4e302624c291Patch
https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2026-005Vendor Advisory
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