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Vulnerability details: VCID-ejc9-8p24-9bfw
Vulnerability ID VCID-ejc9-8p24-9bfw
Aliases CVE-2020-11067
GHSA-2wj9-434x-9hvp
Summary Insecure Deserialization in Backend User Settings in TYPO3 CMS It has been discovered that backend user settings (in $BE_USER->uc) are vulnerable to insecure deserialization. In combination with vulnerabilities of 3rd party components this can lead to remote code execution. A valid backend user account is needed to exploit this vulnerability. Update to TYPO3 versions 9.5.17 or 10.4.2 that fix the problem described. ### References * https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2020-005
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.01181 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-11067
cvssv3.1_qr HIGH https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2wj9-434x-9hvp
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/typo3/cms-core/CVE-2020-11067.yaml
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/typo3/cms-core/CVE-2020-11067.yaml
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/typo3/cms/CVE-2020-11067.yaml
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/typo3/cms/CVE-2020-11067.yaml
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://github.com/TYPO3/TYPO3.CMS/security/advisories/GHSA-2wj9-434x-9hvp
cvssv3.1_qr HIGH https://github.com/TYPO3/TYPO3.CMS/security/advisories/GHSA-2wj9-434x-9hvp
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/TYPO3/TYPO3.CMS/security/advisories/GHSA-2wj9-434x-9hvp
cvssv2 6.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11067
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11067
generic_textual HIGH https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11067
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2020-005
generic_textual HIGH https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2020-005
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-11067
https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/typo3/cms-core/CVE-2020-11067.yaml
https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/typo3/cms/CVE-2020-11067.yaml
https://github.com/TYPO3/TYPO3.CMS/security/advisories/GHSA-2wj9-434x-9hvp
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11067
https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2020-005
cpe:2.3:a:typo3:typo3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:typo3:typo3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
GHSA-2wj9-434x-9hvp https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2wj9-434x-9hvp
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/typo3/cms-core/CVE-2020-11067.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/typo3/cms/CVE-2020-11067.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/TYPO3/TYPO3.CMS/security/advisories/GHSA-2wj9-434x-9hvp
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11067
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11067
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

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none

low

high

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required

unchanged

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low

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2020-005
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

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none

required

unchanged

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high

low

none

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low

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.77783
EPSS Score 0.01181
Published At June 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-01T12:17:32.315765+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2020/05/GHSA-2wj9-434x-9hvp/GHSA-2wj9-434x-9hvp.json 36.1.3