SCA: security update for typo3/cms (GHSA-66j3-66cp-6c2m)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 434396

Description

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

- The fileDenyPattern functionality in the PHP file inclusion protection API 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 filter file types, which allows remote
attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and access arbitrary PHP files, as demonstrated using
path traversal sequences with %00 null bytes and CVE-2010-3714 to read the TYPO3 encryption key from
localconf.php. (CVE-2010-5099)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-66j3-66cp-6c2m

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 434396

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/19/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-5099

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 8.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/30/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-5099

BID: 78635