Unscored severity · published Jun 3, 2014
CVE-2014-3945
The Authentication component in TYPO3 before 6.2, when salting for password hashing is disabled, does not require knowledge of the cleartext password if the password hash is…
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CVSS
1.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Authentication component in TYPO3 before 6.2, when salting for password hashing is disabled, does not require knowledge of the cleartext password if the password hash is known, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain access to the backend by leveraging knowledge of a password hash.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.6% · higher than 76% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TY
Typo3 · Typo3
through 6.1.9; 4.0; 4.0.0; 4.0.1; 4.0.2; 4.0.3; +34 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3945
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3945
Vendor Advisory
http://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-core/typo3-core-sa-2014-001/
www.debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2942
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/03/2
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