CVE-2009-3631

Severity: high (CVSS 8.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-11-02 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

The Backend subcomponent in TYPO3 4.0.13 and earlier, 4.1.x before 4.1.13, 4.2.x before 4.2.10, and 4.3.x before 4.3beta2, when the DAM extension or ftp upload is enabled, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a filename.

Affected products

typo3: through 4.0.12; 0.1.2, 1.0.14, 1.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.09, 1.1.10 (+52)

References

http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125632856206736&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/37122
http://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-sa-2009-016/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36801
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3009
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53923
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125632856206736&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/37122
http://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-sa-2009-016/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36801
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3009
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53923

Get alerted when CVE-2009-3631 or the next vulnerability affects your stack