# CVE-2010-4068: Path traversal in n/a

> Authenticated administrators can read and modify arbitrary files via crafted parameters in the Extension Manager.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.9 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 25 Oct 2010
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4rfj-gg42-w428

## What is CVE-2010-4068?

CVE-2010-4068 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Typo3 Typo3, published on 25 Oct 2010. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Extension Manager in TYPO3 4.2.x before 4.2.15, 4.3.x before 4.3.7, and 4.4.x before 4.4.4 allows remote authenticated administrators to read and possibly modify arbitrary files via a crafted parameter, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-3714.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-4068?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Typo3 Typo3.

## How do I fix CVE-2010-4068?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2010-4068 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-4068 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [CVE-2011-3583](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-3583/): Typo3 SQL injection due to faulty prepared statements (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2011-4628](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-4628/): Typo3 Authentication Bypass (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-24814](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-24814/): Persisted Cross-Site Scripting in Frontend Rendering in typo3 (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2021-41113](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-41113/): Cross-Site-Request-Forgery in Backend URI Handling in Typo3 (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2010-4068 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2010-4068 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Typo3 Typo3, published on 25 Oct 2010. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-4068 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Typo3 Typo3. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-4068/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-4068/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-4068
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4068
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2010-4068

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