TYPO3 Arbitrary Shell Execution in Swiftmailer library

published 2024-05-30 2y ago modified 2024-12-06 last yr.

cvss: 8.1; version 3.1, GitHub
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: —; no score, EPSS covers CVEs only
public exploits: 0; none known

The swiftmailer library in use allows to execute arbitrary shell commands if the "From" header comes from a non-trusted source and no "Return-Path" is configured. Affected are only TYPO3 installation the configuration option ``` $GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['MAIL']['transport'] ``` is set to "sendmail". Installations with the default configuration are not affected.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 links 4

packagist typo3/cms 4.5.37, 4.7.20, 6.1.12, 6.2.6

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CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
GitHub	3.1	8.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
packagist	typo3/cms	>=6.2.0, <6.2.6 >=6.1.0, <6.1.12 >=4.7.0, <4.7.20 >=4.5.0, <4.5.37	6.2.6 6.1.12 4.7.20 4.5.37

Classification

Weakness

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

GitHub Advisory GHSA-45xg-4w5x-j429

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