CVE-2008-2717
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5EPSS 3.0%EU EUVD
TYPO3 4.0.x before 4.0.9, 4.1.x before 4.1.7, and 4.2.x before 4.2.1, uses an insufficiently restrictive default fileDenyPattern for Apache, which allows remote attackers to bypass security restrictions and upload configuration files such as .htaccess, or conduct file upload attacks using multiple extensions.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 3.0% (88th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2022-3673)
- Published
- June 16, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2022-3673 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apache / apache webserver
- typo3 / typo3
- typo3 / typo3
- typo3 / typo3
- typo3 / typo3
- typo3 / typo3
- typo3 / typo3
- typo3 / typo3
- typo3 / typo3
- typo3 / typo3
- typo3 / typo3
- typo3 / typo3
- typo3 / typo3
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- typo3 / typo3
- typo3 / typo3
- typo3 / typo3
- typo3 / typo3
References
- http://buzz.typo3.org/teams/security/article/advice-on-core-security-issue-regarding-filedenypattern/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30619(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30660(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3945
- http://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-20080611-1/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1596
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493270/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29657
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1802
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42988
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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