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 known, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain access…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.64%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.64% probability · 76th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Affected
- typo3/typo3
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.6% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-core/typo3-core-sa-2014-001/Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2942
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/03/2
- http://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-core/typo3-core-sa-2014-001/Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2942
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/03/2
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.