CVE-2010-5104

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-05-21 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

The escapeStrForLike method in TYPO3 4.2.x before 4.2.16, 4.3.x before 4.3.9, and 4.4.x before 4.4.5 does not properly escape input when the MySQL database is set to sql_mode NO_BACKSLASH_ESCAPES, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via wildcard characters in a LIKE query.

Affected products

typo3: 4.2.0, 4.2.1, 4.2.2, 4.2.3, 4.2.4, 4.2.5 (+23)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/35770
http://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-core/typo3-sa-2010-022/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/13/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/10/7
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/11/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/12/5
http://www.osvdb.org/70116
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45470
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64185
http://secunia.com/advisories/35770
http://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-core/typo3-sa-2010-022/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/13/2

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