Description
TYPO3's cache frontend (VariableFrontend) and persistent key-value store (Registry) deserialized PHP payloads without integrity validation or class restrictions. An attacker with write access to the underlying storage backend (cache store or sys_registry database table) could inject a crafted serialized payload to trigger PHP Object Injection, potentially exploiting a gadget chain to achieve Remote Code Execution or other high-impact effects. Exploiting this vulnerability requires direct local write access to the storage, such as the SQL database or file system. This issue affects TYPO3 CMS versions before 10.4.57, 11.0.0-11.5.51, 12.0.0-12.4.46, 13.0.0-13.4.31 and 14.0.0-14.3.3.
Problem types
CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Product status
Any version before 10.4.57
11.0.0 (semver) before 11.5.51
12.0.0 (semver) before 12.4.46
13.0.0 (semver) before 13.4.31
14.0.0 (semver) before 14.3.3
Credits
z3rco
Chowdhury Faizal Ahammed
Rick Larabee
Vitaly Simonovich
Nozomu Sasaki
Mert Akdag
tikket
Shafi Almutairi
Oliver Hader
References
typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2026-018
github.com/...ommit/48bcf24f31f52cc0b43d3bea4984634bd2cf85c7 (Git commit of main branch)
github.com/...ommit/87cd7c5b710c44d3606fed277b040a75dc6a9c02 (Git commit of 13.4 branch)