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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-11063

In TYPO3 CMS versions 10.4.0 and 10.4.1, it has been discovered that time-based attacks can be used with the password reset functionality for backend users. This allows an attacker to mount user enumeration based on email addresses assigned to backend user accounts. This has been fixed in 10.4.2.

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1 Nov 2026, 08:37 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2020-11063

core-osv · Original source

Published 13 May 2020, 23:15 UTC

In TYPO3 CMS versions 10.4.0 and 10.4.1, it has been discovered that time-based attacks can be used with the password reset functionality for backend users. This allows an attacker to mount user enumeration based on email addresses assigned to backend user accounts. This has been fixed in 10.4.2.

osv:CVE-2020-11063
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-11063",
  "method": "structured",
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    "summary": "In TYPO3 CMS versions 10.4.0 and 10.4.1, it has been discovered that time-based attacks can be used with the password reset functionality for backend users. This allows an attacker to mount user enumeration based on email addresses assigned to backend user accounts. This has been fixed in 10.4.2.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-11063",
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:47:44.763249164Z",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
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}