CVE-2006-6690
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…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 6.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 6.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits1
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Typo3 3.7/3.8/4.0 - 'Class.TX_RTEHTMLArea_PI1.php' Multiple Remote Command Execution Vulnerabilities (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 29300webapps, phppublished 20 Dec 2006Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.3% · top 6.3% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
11
- 20061220 SEC Consult SA-20061220-0 :: Typo3 Command Execution Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 23466 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.sec-consult.com/272.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [TYPO3-announce] 20061219 Pre-announcement for important security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 1017428 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 2056 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- [TYPO3-announce] 20061220 TYPO3 Security Bulletin TYPO3-20061220-1: Remote Command Execution in TYPO3 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 23446 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://typo3.org/news-single-view/?tx_newsimporter_pi1%5BshowItem%5D=0&cHash=e4a40a11a9 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2006-5094 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 21680 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-6673 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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