CVE-2012-3527
view_help.php in the backend help system in TYPO3 4.5.x before 4.5.19, 4.6.x before 4.6.12 and 4.7.x before 4.7.4 allows remote…
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- redhat
Description
view_help.php in the backend help system in TYPO3 4.5.x before 4.5.19, 4.6.x before 4.6.12 and 4.7.x before 4.7.4 allows remote authenticated backend users to unserialize arbitrary objects and possibly execute arbitrary PHP code via an unspecified parameter, related to a "missing signature (HMAC)."
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 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 | Medium4.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.1% · top 18% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Packagisttypo3/cmsGHSA-m4hw-r893-xh4g (opens in a new tab)
References (6)
- http://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-core/typo3-core-sa-2012-004/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-2537 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120822 Re: CVE request: Typo3 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- typo3-viewhelp-code-exec(77791) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 84773 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 50287 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-m4hw-r893-xh4g (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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