High severity · published Apr 21, 2026
CVE-2026-6553
TYPO3 CMS Stores Cleartext Password in User Settings Module
7.5
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 6% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TC
TYPO3 CMS · TYPO3
14.2.0 before 14.3.0 · source: vendor
TY
Typo3 · Typo3
14.2.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-6553
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-6553
Patch
https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/9a6e913f70767f63b322ae3e2d2f4e302624c291
Vendor Advisory
https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2026-005
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