The frontend topic editing flow does not verify on the server side that the requesting visitor owns the topic being modified. As a result, a visitor who knows the identifier of a topic from the public forum can submit a modified update request for that topic directly and overwrite its content, without the application confirming ownership. Topic identifiers are visible in the public forum listing, and exploitation requires no privileged access or non-default configuration.
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Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:15:00 +0000

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Description The frontend topic editing flow does not verify on the server side that the requesting visitor owns the topic being modified. As a result, a visitor who knows the identifier of a topic from the public forum can submit a modified update request for that topic directly and overwrite its content, without the application confirming ownership. Topic identifiers are visible in the public forum listing, and exploitation requires no privileged access or non-default configuration.
Title Broken Access Control in extension "Forum" (pforum)
Weaknesses CWE-639
CWE-862
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: TYPO3

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-25T09:00:34.130Z

Reserved: 2026-08-20T13:10:15.962Z

Link: CVE-2026-77143

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-25T09:17:35.333

Modified: 2026-08-25T09:17:35.333

Link: CVE-2026-77143

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