TYPO3-CORE-SA-2022-014: Insufficient Session Expiration after Password Reset

Categories: Development, TYPO3 CMS Created by Oliver Hader
It has been discovered that TYPO3 CMS is susceptible to insufficient session expiration.

Problem Description

When users reset their password using the corresponding password recovery functionality, existing sessions for that particular user account were not revoked. This applied to both frontend user sessions and backend user sessions.

Solution

Update to TYPO3 versions 10.4.33, 11.5.20, 12.1.1 that fix the problem described above.

Credits

Thanks to TYPO3 security team member Torben Hansen who reported and fixed the issue.

General Advice

Follow the recommendations that are given in the TYPO3 Security Guide. Please subscribe to the typo3-announce mailing list.

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