30890 : TYPO3 (class.tx_rtehtmlarea_pi1.php) spell-check-logic.php userUid Arbitrary Command Execution
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2006-12-20

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2006-6690" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : 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.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Disclosure: Vendor Verified
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade to version 4.0.4 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

CVE ID: 2006-6690 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 21680
Secunia Advisory ID: 23446 23466
SCIP VulDB ID: 2786 2787
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2006-5094
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-12/0324.html
http://lists.netfielders.de/pipermail/typo3-announce/2006/000045.html
http://www.sec-consult.com/272.html
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://typo3.org/news-single-view/?tx_newsimporter_pi1%5BshowItem%5D=0&cHash=e4a40a11a9
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-20061220-1/
Other Advisory URL: http://www.sec-consult.com/272.html

Tools & Filters

	23933

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2006-12-22 | Disagree?

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