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Vulnerability record · CVE-2006-6690 · published 21 December 2006

CVE-2006-6690: Typo3 vulnerability

Typo3 · Typo3

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.

7.5 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 6.3% · top 6.6%
7.5CVSS 2.0 base score
6.3%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
22References, 6 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
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 PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23466 PatchVendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2056
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017428 ExploitPatch
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 ExploitPatch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5094
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 PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23466 PatchVendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2056
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017428 ExploitPatch
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 ExploitPatch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5094

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2006-6690), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.