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CVE-2009-4855

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2010-05-11 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-89

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in index.php in TYPO3 4.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the showUid parameter. NOTE: the TYPO3 Security Team disputes this report, stating that "there is no such vulnerability... The showUid parameter is generally used in third-party TYPO3 extensions - not in TYPO3 Core.

Affected products

• typo3: 4.0

References

• http://secure.t3sec.info/blog/post/2009/08/06/typo3-cms-40-showuid-exploit-not-a-vulnerability/
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9380
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35975
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52308
• http://secure.t3sec.info/blog/post/2009/08/06/typo3-cms-40-showuid-exploit-not-a-vulnerability/
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9380
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35975
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52308

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