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CVE-2012-6146

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-6146 describes an access restriction vulnerability in the Backend History Module of TYPO3 versions 4.5.x, 4.6.x, and 4.7.x. Authenticated editors can exploit this by crafting a URL to read the history of arbitrary records. With a CVSS score of 4.0, this vulnerability is of moderate severity, requiring authentication (Au:S) but having low access complexity (AC:L). The primary impact is a potential information disclosure (C:P) as attackers can read sensitive historical data. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage are minimal, suggesting low public awareness and attention for this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:typo3:typo3:4.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:typo3:typo3:4.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:typo3:typo3:4.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:typo3:typo3:4.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.6.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:typo3:typo3:4.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
8.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.99%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
58.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0099 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 21,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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/cmsFixed in: 4.5.21
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: typo3/cmsFixed in: 4.6.14
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: typo3/cmsFixed in: 4.7.6

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-2hp4-8h6h-93rrmedium

Typo3 Backend History Module Vulnerable to XSS

May 17, 2022

References

typo3.org / teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-core/typo3-core-sa-2012-005
Vendor Advisory