CVE-2012-6144 Typo3 Backend History Module Vulnerable to SQL Injection

What is CVE-2012-6144?

CVE-2012-6144 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Typo3 Typo3, published on 1 Jul 2013. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

SQL injection vulnerability in the Backend History module in TYPO3 4.5.x before 4.5.21, 4.6.x before 4.6.14, and 4.7.x before 4.7.6 allows remote authenticated backend users to execute arbitrary SQL commands via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-89

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-6144?

6 open source packages ship an affected version, including typo3/cms. It affects 1 product.

Products include Typo3 Typo3.

How do I fix CVE-2012-6144?

Upgrade typo3/cms to a fixed version for your release line: 4.5.21, 4.6.14 or 4.7.6.

Use parameterised queries everywhere and never build SQL by joining strings. Upgrade affected software first; a web application firewall only buys time. More about SQL injection.

Is CVE-2012-6144 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-6144 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2011-3583 Typo3 SQL injection due to faulty prepared statements Critical 9.8
• CVE-2011-4628 Typo3 Authentication Bypass Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-24814 Persisted Cross-Site Scripting in Frontend Rendering in typo3 High 8.8
• CVE-2021-41113 Cross-Site-Request-Forgery in Backend URI Handling in Typo3 High 8.8

All Typo3 Typo3 vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-947m-vgqc-x6v4.