TYPO3 vulnerable to remote authenticated arbitrary code execution

published 2014-05-20 12y ago modified 2026-06-16 4mo ago also GHSA-m76j-69c2-c3m8 , EUVD-2013-4209

cvss: 6.5; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.1%; EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 66%
public exploits: 0; none known

The File Abstraction Layer (FAL) in TYPO3 6.0.x before 6.0.8 and 6.1.x before 6.1.4 allows remote authenticated editors to execute arbitrary PHP code via unspecified characters in the file extension when renaming a file. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-4250.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

packagist typo3/cms 6.0.9, 6.1.4

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Exploit prediction

1.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	6.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
packagist	typo3/cms	>=6.0.0, <6.0.9 >=6.1.0, <6.1.4	6.0.9 6.1.4

Classification

Weakness

CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

typo3.org /teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-core/typo3-core-sa-2013-003/
vendor-advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4321
advisory
github.com /TYPO3/typo3
package
typo3.org /security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2013-003
web

Sources

CVE List CVE-2013-4321
GitHub Advisory GHSA-m76j-69c2-c3m8
NVD CVE-2013-4321

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