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CVE-2006-6690
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…
High7.5EPSS 6.3%
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- Updated
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- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.3% · top 6.4% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (11)
- 20061220 SEC Consult SA-20061220-0 :: Typo3 Command Execution Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 23466 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.sec-consult.com/272.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [TYPO3-announce] 20061219 Pre-announcement for important security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 1017428 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 2056 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- [TYPO3-announce] 20061220 TYPO3 Security Bulletin TYPO3-20061220-1: Remote Command Execution in TYPO3 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 23446 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://typo3.org/news-single-view/?tx_newsimporter_pi1%5BshowItem%5D=0&cHash=e4a40a11a9 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2006-5094 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 21680 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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