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CVE-2008-2717

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-2717 describes a vulnerability in TYPO3 versions 4.0.x, 4.1.x, and 4.2.x, where an insufficiently restrictive default fileDenyPattern in Apache allows authenticated remote attackers to bypass security and upload configuration files like .htaccess or perform multi-extension file upload attacks. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (medium severity), successful exploitation could lead to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:apache_webserver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:typo3:typo3:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:typo3:typo3:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:typo3:typo3:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:typo3:typo3:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.5MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
8.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.02%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0302 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 21,951 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: typo3/cms-coreFixed in: 4.0.9
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: typo3/cms-coreFixed in: 4.1.7
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: typo3/cms-coreFixed in: 4.2.1

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-f35p-hcwf-9f9fmedium

TYPO3 Unrestricted File Upload vulnerability

May 1, 2022

References

buzz.typo3.org / teams/security/article/advice-on-core-security-issue-regarding-filedenypattern
secunia.com / advisories/30619
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30660
Vendor Advisory
securityreason.com / securityalert/3945
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/42988
typo3.org / teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-20080611-1
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1596
securityfocus.com / archive/1/493270/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/29657
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1802