CVE-2026-6553 (GCVE-0-2026-6553)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-04-21 10:04
Modified
2026-04-21 13:20
CWE
  • CWE-312 - Cleartext storage of sensitive information
Summary
Changing backend users' passwords via the user settings module results in storing the cleartext password in the uc and user_settings fields of the be_users database table. This issue affects TYPO3 CMS version 14.2.0.
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TYPO3 TYPO3 CMS Version: 14.2.0   
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