CVE-2006-6690
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 6.3%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 6.3% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-6673)
- Published
- December 21, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-6673 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- typo3 / typo3
- typo3 / typo3
- typo3 / typo3
- typo3 / typo3
- typo3 / typo3
- typo3 / typo3
References
- http://lists.netfielders.de/pipermail/typo3-announce/2006/000045.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://lists.netfielders.de/pipermail/typo3-announce/2006/000046.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23446(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23466(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2056
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017428(Exploit, Patch)
- http://typo3.org/news-single-view/?tx_newsimporter_pi1%5BshowItem%5D=0&cHash=e4a40a11a9
- http://www.sec-consult.com/272.html(Exploit)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454944/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21680(Exploit, Patch)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5094
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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