PT-2006-7291 · Typo3 Association · Typo3

D. Fabian + 1 · Published 2006-12-21 · Updated 2018-10-17 · CVE-2006-6690

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Typo3 versions 3.7, 3.8, 4.0.0 through 4.0.3, and 4.1 beta with the rtehtmlarea extension

Description: The issue allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the userUid parameter to "rtehtmlarea/htmlarea/plugins/SpellChecker/spell-check-logic.php".

Recommendations: For Typo3 versions 3.7, 3.8, 4.0.0 through 4.0.3, and 4.1 beta with the rtehtmlarea extension, avoid using the userUid parameter in the affected API endpoint until the issue is resolved. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the rtehtmlarea extension to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-6690

Affected Products

Typo3

References · 14

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/29300 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://sec-consult.com/272.html · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securitytracker.com/id?1017428 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/21680 · Exploit
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23446 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.netfielders.de/pipermail/typo3-announce/2006/000046.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.netfielders.de/pipermail/typo3-announce/2006/000045.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23466 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-6690 · Security Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2056 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/454944/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5094 · Note
• http://typo3.org/news-single-view/?tx_newsimporter_pi1%5BshowItem%5D=0&cHash=e4a40a11a9 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6690 · Note