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Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

CVE-2017-14251

Severity High
Score 8.8/10

Summary

Unrestricted File Upload vulnerability in the fileDenyPattern in sysext/core/Classes/Core/SystemEnvironmentBuilder.php in TYPO3 6.x, 7.6.0 to 7.6.21 and 8.0.0 to 8.7.4 allows remote authenticated users to upload files with a .pht extension and consequently execute arbitrary PHP code.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-434 - Unrestricted Upload of File with dangerous type

'Unrestricted file upload with dangerous type' attacks involve an attacker uploading or transferring files of dangerous types to the server. The severity of such an attack depends upon the execution mechanism and the storage location of the uploaded file. Thus, it may range from simple defacement to arbitrary file execution, and complete system takeover.

Advisory Timeline

  • Published