SCA: security update for directmailteam/direct-mail (GHSA-p6xx-fhfw-7mj7)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 417353

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- An issue was discovered in the direct_mail (aka Direct Mail) extension through 9.5.1 for TYPO3. The
Configuration backend module of the extension allows an authenticated user to write to an arbitrary
TSConfig page for folders configured as Direct Mail. Exploiting this may lead to Configuration Injection
(TYPO3 10.4 and above) and to Arbitrary Code Execution (TYPO3 9.5 and below). A valid backend user
account, with access to the Direct Mail Configuration backend module, is needed to exploit this.
(CVE-2023-50461)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p6xx-fhfw-7mj7

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 417353

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 9/14/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.58

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-50461

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/13/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/13/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-50461