CVE-2006-6690 Command injection in n/a
Authenticated users can execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the userUid parameter of the TYPO3 rtehtmlarea extension.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2006-6690?
CVE-2006-6690 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Typo3 Typo3, published on 21 Dec 2006. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-6690?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Typo3 Typo3.
How do I fix CVE-2006-6690?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-6690 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2006-6690 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-6690 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-jmq2-75fq-cffp.