TYPO3-CORE-SA-2019-025: SQL Injection in low-level Query Generator

Categories: Development Created by Oliver Hader
It has been discovered that TYPO3 CMS is vulnerable to SQL injection.
  • Component Type: TYPO3 CMS
  • Subcomponent: Query Generator (ext:lowlevel)
  • Release Date: December 17, 2019
  • Vulnerability Type: SQL Injection
  • Affected Versions: 8.0.0-8.7.29 and 9.0.0-9.5.11 and 10.0.0-10.2.0
  • Severity: Medium
  • Suggested CVSS v3.1: AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N/E:F/RL:O/RC:C
  • CVE: CVE-2019-19850

Problem Description

Failing to properly escape user submitted content, class QueryGenerator is vulnerable to SQL injection.

Having system extension ext:lowlevel installed and a valid backend user having administrator privileges are required to exploit this vulnerability.

Solution

Update to TYPO3 versions 8.7.30 or 9.5.12 or 10.2.2 that fix the problem described.

Credits

Thanks to Dhiraj Shrikant Datar (Zacco CyberSecurity Research Labs) who reported this issue and to TYPO3 framework merger Frank Nägler  who fixed the issue.

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