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TYPO3 Mail Extension CVE-2026-120327

| EUVDEUVD-2026-115742 MEDIUM
URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect) (CWE-601)
2026-11-03 TYPO3 GHSA-4gvg-mc6q-56hf
5.3
CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: TYPO3
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Craft link to click-tracking endpoint with external target URL
  2. Exploit
    Deliver link via phishing or trusted channel
  3. Execution
    Victim clicks seemingly-legitimate site link
  4. Impact
    Middleware redirects to attacker-controlled site

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V3 - Web Frontend Security Redirect URL validation
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Initial Access

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires the TYPO3 'mail' extension's click tracking middleware to be in use, since that endpoint accepts an arbitrary target URL and performs the redirect; the attacker must then induce a victim to click a crafted tracking link (UI:P passive interaction), which is the main limiting factor. No authentication is required (PR:N) and no special non-default configuration is indicated beyond having click tracking enabled. Impact is confined to redirecting the user to an external site (integrity only); there is no direct confidentiality or availability effect, so realistic risk is phishing/social-engineering rather than direct compromise.

Impact

This is a CWE-601 open redirect in the click tracking middleware of the TYPO3 'mail' extension, rated CVSS 5.3 (medium) by the vendor. The supplied CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P) indicates remote, low-complexity, unauthenticated reach but requires passive user interaction (the victim must click a tracking link), and impact is limited to subsequent-system integrity (SI:L) with no confidentiality, availability, or vulnerable-system impact - consistent with a redirection-only flaw rather than code execution or data exposure. There is no CISA KEV listing, no EPSS score, and no PoC or exploit reference in the input; the only reference is the TYPO3 vendor advisory (TYPO3-EXT-SA-2026-037). The vuln.today decision label is 'this_month', not act_now/emergency, which aligns with a real-but-moderate issue rather than an urgent one. No signals conflict: all sources point to a low-to-medium severity open redirect whose primary value to an attacker is phishing/social-engineering credibility, not direct system compromise. No key data is contradictory; EPSS and exploitation-status data are simply absent, so widespread exploitation cannot be assessed from the input.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker crafts a link pointing at the affected site's click tracking endpoint with an attacker-controlled target URL, so the link appears to belong to the trusted TYPO3 site but silently redirects the victim to an external malicious page. When a user clicks it (e.g. in a phishing email or social post), they are forwarded to a credential-harvesting or malware site while trusting the original domain. No public exploit was identified at time of analysis; exploitation requires the victim to click the crafted link (UI:P).

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
Patch available 0.4% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Nov 03, 2026

Open redirect in the TYPO3 'mail' extension's click tracking middleware allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to craft a tracking link on a trusted TYPO3 site that forwards victims to an arbitrary external destination, turning the site's own domain into a phishing lure. It is rated CVSS 5.3 (medium) by the vendor and CVSS 4.0 5.3 by the reporting source, with the assessed vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N - the practical impact is limited to integrity of the redirected-to context, so risk is social engineering rather than direct compromise. No public exploit code or PoC is referenced in the available intelligence and the issue is not in CISA KEV; the vendor priority label places it in the this-month remediation window.

RemediationAI

The vendor has published advisory TYPO3-Ext-SA-2026-037 (https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-ext-sa-2026-037) as the authoritative source for the corrected 'mail' extension release; the specific fixed version is not stated in the data available here, so consult that advisory and update the extension to the version it names as the complete fix. If the extension cannot be updated immediately, the exposure can be reduced by disabling or restricting the click tracking middleware, since the advisory's exploitation conditions require that click tracking path to be active - the trade-off is loss of click analytics and tracked-link functionality for mail sent through the extension. Do not rely on link rewriting or mail-gateway filtering alone as a substitute for the vendor fix, because the redirect is issued from the legitimate TYPO3 domain. Vendor priority places this in the this-month remediation window rather than an emergency patch cycle.

Affected VersionsENISA

Extension "Mail" 0 <3.12.5
Extension "Mail" 4.0.0 <4.2.0

Affected Packages

euvd extension_mail fix: 3.12.5, 4.2.0

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The flaw is CWE-601 (URL Redirection to Untrusted Site / 'Open Redirect') in the click tracking middleware shipped with the TYPO3 'mail' extension. The middleware is designed to record a click and then bounce the recipient onward to a stored destination, but per the advisory it accepts an arbitrary target URL from the request and redirects to it without constraining the destination - no allowlist of internal or approved hosts is applied, so any host an attacker supplies is honored. Because the redirect is issued from the TYPO3 site's own domain, recipients and mail filters see a trusted link. The CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P, VC:N/VI:N/VA:N, SC:N/SI:L/SA:N) and the assessed 3.1 vector (S:C, I:L, UI:R) agree that the only modeled effect is a low-integrity impact in the downstream context, with no confidentiality or availability effect; the attacker must get a victim to follow the crafted link, which is the primary limiting factor. Beyond the fact that the middleware accepts the target URL from the request, the precise request syntax and parameter names are not described in the available sources.

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Severity by source

Vendor (TYPO3) PRIMARY 5.3 MEDIUM
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N
vuln.today AI 4.7 MEDIUM

Remote, unauthenticated, low-complexity but needs a victim click (UI:R); redirect to an external origin is a scope change (S:C) affecting integrity only, with no C or A impact.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (TYPO3).

CVSS VectorVendor: TYPO3

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Passive
Vulnerable system: Confidentiality
None
Vulnerable system: Integrity
None
Vulnerable system: Availability
None
Subsequent system: Confidentiality
None
Subsequent system: Integrity
Low
Subsequent system: Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

1
Patch available
Nov 03, 2026 - 11:01 EUVD

DescriptionCVE.org

The click tracking middleware accepts an arbitrary target URL and redirects to it. Attackers can misuse links to the website to redirect users to external sites.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 62% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
popular TYPO3 newsletter extension, common but narrower than core CMS
Social Media
1
Sightings
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.4%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
Yes
Human Impact· derived
Medium
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

26
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +26
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0
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