Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessBrowse public directory, harvest record identifiers
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DeliveryCraft direct HTTP POST to write endpoint
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ExploitSubmit modified record data without ownership token
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ExecutionServer applies update without authorization check
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ImpactTarget company record overwritten with attacker data
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization checks on every request
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | The vulnerability is exploitable by any unauthenticated network visitor when the TYPO3 Industry Directory extension is installed, the self-service company editing feature is enabled, and the directory is publicly accessible. The attacker must know or enumerate at least one valid company record identifier from the public directory listing - these are exposed by design as part of normal directory browsing. No special configuration, elevated privileges, or user interaction is required. Exploitation is limited to deployments running this specific TYPO3 extension with the frontend editing feature active; organizations that have disabled self-service editing or restricted the directory to authenticated users only are not exposed through this vector. |
| Impact | The CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N) scores 8.8 and signals a network-reachable flaw with no authentication requirement, no attack complexity, and no user interaction needed, placing it firmly in the high-priority tier on structural grounds alone. Integrity impact against the vulnerable system is High (VI:H - company records can be fully overwritten), while confidentiality impact is Low (VC:L - limited to identifiers already visible in the public directory). No CISA KEV listing exists and no public exploit code has been observed, meaning opportunistic mass exploitation is not currently confirmed; however, the attack mechanism is simple enough that any motivated actor with basic HTTP tooling could reproduce it without specialized knowledge. EPSS data is absent from available intelligence, so a probabilistic exploitation estimate cannot be derived. The primary limiting factor is deployment footprint - this is a TYPO3-ecosystem extension, so exposure is bounded to organizations running TYPO3 with this specific extension installed and the frontend editing feature publicly accessible. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker browses the public industry directory, notes the numeric or string identifier of a competitor's or target organization's company record, then crafts a direct HTTP POST request to the extension's write endpoint with that identifier and modified field values - bypassing the UI entirely. Because no authentication or ownership token is validated server-side, the application overwrites the target record with attacker-controlled data. No public proof-of-concept code has been identified, but the attack requires only standard HTTP tooling and knowledge of one valid record identifier. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Aug 25, 2026
Broken access control in the TYPO3 Industry Directory extension allows unauthenticated network visitors to overwrite company records they do not own. The frontend edit form is gated by a template-level visibility flag, but the server-side write controller performs no corresponding ownership verification, making the UI restriction trivially bypassable via direct HTTP submission using any publicly visible record identifier. No public exploit code or CISA KEV listing has been identified at time of analysis, but the absence of authentication requirements and low attack complexity make independent exploitation straightforward against any exposed deployment.
RemediationAI
Apply the patched version of the Industry Directory extension as specified in the TYPO3 security advisory at https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-ext-sa-2026-020; an exact fix version is not independently confirmed from available data beyond the vendor advisory reference. If immediate patching is not possible, disable the frontend self-service editing feature entirely by removing or restricting access to the edit controller endpoint at the web server or TYPO3 page-access level - this eliminates the vulnerable write path at the cost of disabling the self-service functionality for legitimate users. Alternatively, restrict access to the edit form and its corresponding write endpoint to authenticated TYPO3 frontend users only via TYPO3 page access restrictions, which would require visitors to log in before editing, reducing the attack surface to authenticated sessions. Do not rely on template-level visibility flags as a security control for write operations.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The affected component is a TYPO3 CMS extension identified by CPE cpe:2.3:a:typo3:extension_"industry_directory":*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, which provides a public-facing company directory with a self-service frontend editing feature. The root cause is CWE-862 (Missing Authorization): access control is enforced exclusively at the Fluid/Extbase template rendering layer by conditionally hiding the edit form from non-owning visitors, while the controller action processing write operations omits an equivalent server-side ownership check. This is a textbook client-side enforcement anti-pattern. Because record identifiers are discoverable from the public directory listing, there is no obscurity barrier that would otherwise limit targeting of arbitrary records. The vulnerability is structurally similar to an Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) - the attacker supplies a known object identifier in a direct write request, and the backend honors it without verifying the requester's relationship to the record.
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Severity by source
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Network-reachable with no authentication; record IDs are publicly visible (C:L); write operations overwrite arbitrary records (I:H); no availability impact.
Primary rating from Vendor (TYPO3).
CVSS VectorVendor: TYPO3
Lifecycle Timeline
2DescriptionCVE.org
The frontend company self-service editing feature relies on a template-level visibility flag to hide the edit form for company records a visitor does not own, but the corresponding write operation does not repeat this ownership check on the server side. As a result, a visitor who knows the identifier of a company record from the public directory can submit a modified update request for that record directly and overwrite its data, without the application ever confirming that the visitor owns it.
Executive ViewAI
The TYPO3 Industry Directory extension contains a critical access control vulnerability (CVE-2026-77142) enabling unauthenticated attackers to modify any company record without ownership verification. Organizations relying on this extension face immediate risk to business directory integrity and potential misuse of company information by competitors or malicious actors. Without vendor-supplied remediation, interim controls are required to prevent unauthorized data manipulation.
No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis. Interim mitigations include: disable the TYPO3 Industry Directory extension; restrict frontend edit form access via authentication or network controls; implement application-level ownership verification in the write controller if source modification is feasible; or deploy a web application firewall to block direct submissions to the vulnerable edit endpoint.
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Attack Technique
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GHSA-jvr7-mrxh-7jrp
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