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Vulnerability details: VCID-t45j-evxm-2kfa
Vulnerability ID VCID-t45j-evxm-2kfa
Aliases CVE-2021-21359
GHSA-4p9g-qgx9-397p
Summary Denial of Service in Page Error Handling > ### Meta > * CVSS: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C` (5.5) > * CWE-405, CWE-674 > * Status: **DRAFT** ### Problem Requesting invalid or non-existing resources via HTTP triggers the page error handler which again could retrieve content to be shown as error message from another page. This leads to a scenario in which the application is calling itself recursively - amplifying the impact of the initial attack until the limits of the web server are exceeded. ### Solution Update to TYPO3 versions 9.5.25, 10.4.14, 11.1.1 that fix the problem described. ### Credits Thanks to Paul Keller, Mathias Bolt Lesniak and Kay Strobach who reported this issue and to TYPO3 framework merger Frank Nägler and to TYPO3 security team member Torben Hansen who fixed the issue. ### References * [TYPO3-CORE-SA-2021-005](https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2021-005)
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.8
Risk 3.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (4)
CWE-405 Asymmetric Resource Consumption (Amplification)
CWE-674 Uncontrolled Recursion
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 0.02563 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-21359
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4p9g-qgx9-397p
cvssv3.1 5.9 https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/typo3/cms-core/CVE-2021-21359.yaml
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/typo3/cms-core/CVE-2021-21359.yaml
cvssv3.1 5.9 https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/typo3/cms/CVE-2021-21359.yaml
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/typo3/cms/CVE-2021-21359.yaml
cvssv3.1 5.9 https://github.com/TYPO3/TYPO3.CMS/security/advisories/GHSA-4p9g-qgx9-397p
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/TYPO3/TYPO3.CMS/security/advisories/GHSA-4p9g-qgx9-397p
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/TYPO3/TYPO3.CMS/security/advisories/GHSA-4p9g-qgx9-397p
cvssv2 5.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21359
cvssv3.1 5.9 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21359
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21359
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21359
cvssv3.1 5.9 https://packagist.org/packages/typo3/cms-core
generic_textual MODERATE https://packagist.org/packages/typo3/cms-core
cvssv3.1 5.9 https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2021-005
generic_textual MODERATE https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2021-005
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-21359
https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/typo3/cms-core/CVE-2021-21359.yaml
https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/typo3/cms/CVE-2021-21359.yaml
https://github.com/TYPO3/TYPO3.CMS/security/advisories/GHSA-4p9g-qgx9-397p
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21359
https://packagist.org/packages/typo3/cms-core
https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2021-005
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-4p9g-qgx9-397p https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4p9g-qgx9-397p
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C Found at https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/typo3/cms-core/CVE-2021-21359.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:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C Found at https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/typo3/cms/CVE-2021-21359.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C Found at https://github.com/TYPO3/TYPO3.CMS/security/advisories/GHSA-4p9g-qgx9-397p
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Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21359
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21359
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21359
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C Found at https://packagist.org/packages/typo3/cms-core
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C Found at https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2021-005
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.84865
EPSS Score 0.02563
Published At June 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-01T12:19:09.702778+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2021/03/GHSA-4p9g-qgx9-397p/GHSA-4p9g-qgx9-397p.json 36.1.3