CVE-2006-6690

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-6690
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-12-21 21:28:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptionrtehtmlarea/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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Typo3 Typo3 3.7.0 All All All
Application Typo3 Typo3 3.8 All All All
Application Typo3 Typo3 4.0 All All All
Application Typo3 Typo3 4.0.1 All All All
Application Typo3 Typo3 4.0.2 All All All
Application Typo3 Typo3 4.0.3 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Typo3 Class.TX_RTEHTMLArea_PI1.PHP Multiple Remote Command Execution Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch
CXSecurity - IDS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
[TYPO3-announce] TYPO3 Security Bulletin TYPO3-20061220-1: Remote Command Execution in TYPO3 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.netfielders.de Vendor Advisory
TYPO3 "userUid" Command Execution Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
TYPO3 rtehtmlarea Extension "userUid" Command Execution - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
TYPO3 Input Validation Holes in 'rtehtmlarea' Sysext Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com Exploit, Patch
404 - Page not found! - SEC Consult af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.sec-consult.com Exploit
[TYPO3-announce] Pre-announcement for important security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.netfielders.de Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
typo3.org: Newsfeed af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 typo3.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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