CVE-2006-6690
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.5
7.5CVSS HIGH
Summary
rtehtmlarea/pi1/class.tx_rtehtmlarea_pi1.php in Typo3 4.0.0 through 4.0.3, 3.7 and 3.8 with the rtehtmlarea extension, and 4.1 beta allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the userUid parameter to rtehtmlarea/htmlarea/plugins/SpellChecker/spell-check-logic.php, and possibly another vector.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)6%
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://secunia.com/advisories/23446 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23446Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23466Patch
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017428Patch
- http://lists.netfielders.de/pipermail/typo3-announce/2006/000045.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.netfielders.de/pipermail/typo3-announce/2006/000046.htmlAdvisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2056
- http://typo3.org/news-single-view/?tx_newsimporter_pi1%5BshowItem%5D=0&cHash=e4a40a11a9
- http://www.sec-consult.com/272.htmlExploit