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CVE-2006-6690

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-6690 describes a remote command execution vulnerability in the rtehtmlarea extension for Typo3 versions 3.7, 3.8, and 4.0.0 through 4.0.3. An authenticated attacker can exploit this by injecting shell metacharacters into the userUid parameter of spell-check-logic.php. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe, allowing for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, an ExploitDB entry exists, indicating public exploit code, though community discussion and media coverage are minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:typo3:typo3:3.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:typo3:typo3:3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.17%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-29300 · Dec 20, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0617 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 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, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

lists.netfielders.de / pipermail/typo3-announce/2006/000045.html
Vendor Advisory
lists.netfielders.de / pipermail/typo3-announce/2006/000046.html
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/23446
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/23466
PatchVendor Advisory
securityreason.com / securityalert/2056
securitytracker.com / id
ExploitPatch
typo3.org / news-single-view
sec-consult.com / 272.html
Exploit
securityfocus.com / archive/1/454944/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/21680
ExploitPatch
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/5094