CVE-2006-6690 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.16737.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Typo3	Typo3

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:typo3:typo3:3.7.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:typo3:typo3:3.8:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:typo3:typo3:4.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:typo3:typo3:4.0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:typo3:typo3:4.0.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:typo3:typo3:4.0.3:::::::*

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Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.netfielders.de/pipermail/typo3-announce/2006/000045.html
http://lists.netfielders.de/pipermail/typo3-announce/2006/000046.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/23446
http://secunia.com/advisories/23466
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2056
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017428
http://typo3.org/news-single-view/?tx_newsimporter_pi1%5BshowItem%5D=0&cHash=e4a40a11a9
http://www.sec-consult.com/272.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454944/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21680
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5094

History

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-12-21T21:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T20:33:59.962Z

Reserved: 2006-12-21T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2006-6690

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2006-12-21T21:28:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2006-6690

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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