Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2021-36792 is an access-control issue in the TYPO3 dated_news, or Dated News, extension through version 5.1.1. The available source says the flaw affects confirmation of various applications, but does not provide severity, CVSS, exploit details, or a confirmed patch in the bundle.
Executive priority
Treat this as an inventory and vendor-guidance follow-up unless the extension is business-critical or exposed on public TYPO3 sites. Priority should rise if dated_news through 5.1.1 is confirmed in production.
Technical view
The CVE describes incorrect access control in the dated_news TYPO3 extension through 5.1.1. The affected operation is described only as confirming various applications. No CWE, CVSS vector, exploit prerequisites, authentication requirement, or remediation detail is included in the provided bundle.
Likely exposure
Exposure is likely limited to TYPO3 installations that have the dated_news extension installed at version 5.1.1 or earlier. The bundle does not identify affected core TYPO3 versions, hosting environments, or other products.
Exploitation context
The source bundle does not state active exploitation, and KEV status is false. No public exploit status, attack complexity, or practical abuse path is provided here, so exploitation risk cannot be responsibly quantified from these sources alone.
Researcher notes
Evidence is sparse. The CVE identifies an access-control weakness and affected extension version range, but omits endpoint detail, privilege model, CVSS, CWE, proof of concept, and remediation specifics. Validate against the TYPO3 advisory before assigning internal severity.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory TYPO3 sites for dated_news extension usage and version.
- Review TYPO3 EXT-SA-2021-013 for vendor remediation guidance.
- Apply only vendor-recommended updates or configuration changes.
- Remove or disable unnecessary affected extension deployments after change approval.
Validation and detection
- Confirm whether dated_news is installed on each TYPO3 instance.
- Record the installed extension version and compare against through 5.1.1.
- Check TYPO3 advisory EXT-SA-2021-013 for current remediation status.
- Review application logs for unusual confirmation-related activity.
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Unknown
- CVSS
- Not scored
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
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CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://typo3.org/help/security-advisories/securityCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-ext-sa-2021-013CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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