Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessBrowse public employee directory page
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DeliveryExtract employee record UIDs from frontend URLs or HTML
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ExploitCraft direct POST request to update action endpoint
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ExecutionSubmit without HMAC token
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ImpactOverwrite employee record with arbitrary data
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
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 TYPO3 Telephone Directory extension must be installed and have at least one publicly accessible frontend page rendering employee records with discoverable UIDs. No authentication is required - CVSS PR:N confirms unauthenticated exploitation. The critical limiting factor is UID knowledge: the attacker must know or enumerate a valid employee record UID, which is typically exposed in frontend URLs or page HTML when the directory is publicly accessible. Exploitation is limited to integrity impact against employee records; there is no evidence of code execution or data exfiltration potential. Installations where the directory is restricted behind authentication or not publicly exposed are not exploitable remotely. |
| Impact | The CVSS 4.0 base score of 8.7 (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N) accurately reflects the severity: this is a network-accessible, zero-complexity, unauthenticated integrity violation against any deployment where employee UIDs are discoverable from the frontend. The primary real-world impact is data integrity - attackers can silently corrupt or fabricate employee directory entries, which may carry reputational, compliance, or social-engineering consequences. No EPSS data was provided in the available intelligence, and the vulnerability is not listed in CISA KEV, indicating no confirmed widespread exploitation at time of analysis. No public exploit code has been identified. Despite the lack of active exploitation signals, the attack complexity is extremely low - even a mid-sized municipal IT team in malbork should treat this as urgent if the extension is publicly exposed, since exploitability requires only HTTP access and knowledge of a UID. The absence of confidentiality and availability impact keeps this from being a full compromise scenario, but the integrity impact on public-facing organizational data warrants prompt patching. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker browses the public-facing TYPO3 employee directory, extracts employee record UIDs from page URLs or HTML source, then constructs a direct HTTP POST request to the extension's update action endpoint with arbitrary field values - no valid HMAC token required. The update is accepted and persisted, overwriting the targeted employee record with attacker-controlled content. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, but the attack requires only basic HTTP tooling. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Aug 25, 2026
Unauthenticated record tampering in the TYPO3 Telephone Directory extension allows any visitor who can identify an employee UID to overwrite that employee's data via a direct POST request, bypassing HMAC-based edit-link authorization entirely. The extension enforces HMAC validation only at the form-render step, leaving the persistence action unprotected under CWE-862 (Missing Authorization). With a CVSS 4.0 score of 8.7 and an attack profile of network-accessible, no-privilege, no-interaction, no public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, but the attack requires no authentication and minimal attacker capability.
RemediationAI
The primary remediation is to apply the vendor-released fix as described in the TYPO3 security advisory at https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-ext-sa-2026-018; no specific patched version number was provided in the available intelligence, so administrators should consult the advisory directly to confirm the target upgrade version. As a compensating control prior to patching, operators should consider restricting access to the extension's update endpoint at the web server or reverse proxy layer by blocking direct POST requests to the employee update action URI - this prevents unauthenticated actors from reaching the unprotected handler. If the directory's edit functionality is only needed by specific internal users, placing the relevant TYPO3 plugin pages behind IP allowlisting or authentication middleware removes the unauthenticated exposure entirely. Note that restricting POST access at the network layer may break legitimate edit workflows for users relying on the frontend form.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The affected product is the TYPO3 'Telephone Directory' extension (CPE: cpe:2.3:a:typo3:extension_telephone_directory:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*), a frontend-facing plugin for the TYPO3 CMS that renders employee directory listings and provides edit links protected by HMAC tokens. The root cause is CWE-862 (Missing Authorization): the extension applies HMAC token verification only in the controller action that renders the edit form (the GET handler), but not in the action that processes and persists submitted changes (the POST handler). This creates an authorization check bypass - the security control exists but is applied at the wrong point in the request lifecycle. An attacker who knows or can enumerate an employee record's UID (which is likely exposed via frontend URLs or visible HTML) can bypass the token entirely by crafting a POST request directly to the update endpoint. The TYPO3 CMS itself is not vulnerable; the flaw is isolated to this extension.
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Severity by source
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Network-accessible unauthenticated POST; no complexity, privileges, or interaction needed; only integrity of employee records is affected.
Primary rating from Vendor (TYPO3).
CVSS VectorVendor: TYPO3
Lifecycle Timeline
2DescriptionCVE.org
The extension validates the HMAC of a frontend employee edit link only in the action that renders the edit form, not in the action that persists the change. An unauthenticated visitor who knows the UID of a visible employee record can send a direct POST request to the update action and overwrite that record without a valid edit link or any ownership check.
Executive ViewAI
The TYPO3 Telephone Directory extension contains an authorization bypass allowing any internet user to permanently alter employee directory records by identifying staff member UIDs and submitting direct requests, with no authentication required. Organizations using this extension face exposure of employee data tampering, enabling fraud, impersonation, or operational disruption. Immediate containment is critical as no vendor patch currently exists for CVSS 8.7 severity vulnerability.
No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis. Interim mitigations: disable the Telephone Directory extension immediately on all instances; implement network-level access controls to restrict direct POST requests to the extension's data endpoints; enable comprehensive audit logging for all employee directory record modifications; deploy web application firewall rules to block POST requests matching suspicious UID-based patterns targeting the vulnerable endpoint.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
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Attack Technique
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EUVD-2026-65336
GHSA-q34j-6h38-m895
NVD
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