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Vulnerability details: VCID-1k8p-1qw8-vybj
Vulnerability ID VCID-1k8p-1qw8-vybj
Aliases GHSA-45xg-4w5x-j429
Summary TYPO3 Arbitrary Shell Execution in Swiftmailer library 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1_qr HIGH https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-45xg-4w5x-j429
cvssv3.1 8.1 https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/typo3/cms/2014-10-22-2.yaml
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/typo3/cms/2014-10-22-2.yaml
cvssv3.1 8.1 https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3
cvssv3.1 8.1 https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/313c4bba53dd78803a9ee97c1f6f1d450a521521
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/313c4bba53dd78803a9ee97c1f6f1d450a521521
cvssv3.1 8.1 https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/6af37574e063929eaab066dd9920b1fa8815da12
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/6af37574e063929eaab066dd9920b1fa8815da12
cvssv3.1 8.1 https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/dbdd9f22b7cebf43f2e4abdb2a6a8a9f32af8f61
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/dbdd9f22b7cebf43f2e4abdb2a6a8a9f32af8f61
cvssv3.1 8.1 https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/ead183c5acf25b7e1121adee5a5860bd9b5f05a2
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/ead183c5acf25b7e1121adee5a5860bd9b5f05a2
cvssv3.1 8.1 https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2014-002
generic_textual HIGH https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2014-002
Reference id Reference type URL
https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/typo3/cms/2014-10-22-2.yaml
https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3
https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/313c4bba53dd78803a9ee97c1f6f1d450a521521
https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/6af37574e063929eaab066dd9920b1fa8815da12
https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/dbdd9f22b7cebf43f2e4abdb2a6a8a9f32af8f61
https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/ead183c5acf25b7e1121adee5a5860bd9b5f05a2
https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2014-002
GHSA-45xg-4w5x-j429 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-45xg-4w5x-j429
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/typo3/cms/2014-10-22-2.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/313c4bba53dd78803a9ee97c1f6f1d450a521521
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/6af37574e063929eaab066dd9920b1fa8815da12
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/dbdd9f22b7cebf43f2e4abdb2a6a8a9f32af8f61
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/ead183c5acf25b7e1121adee5a5860bd9b5f05a2
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2014-002
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No EPSS data available for this vulnerability.

Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-01T12:11:38.370439+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2024/05/GHSA-45xg-4w5x-j429/GHSA-45xg-4w5x-j429.json 36.1.3