CVE-2008-2717: Apache Webserver

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

TYPO3 4.0.x before 4.0.9, 4.1.x before 4.1.7, and 4.2.x before 4.2.1, uses an insufficiently restrictive default fileDenyPattern for Apache, which allows remote attackers to bypass security restrictions and upload configuration files such as .htaccess, or conduct file upload attacks using multiple extensions.

Affected products

• Apache Apache Webserver: any version
• TYPO3 TYPO3: version 4.0 only; version 4.0.1 only; version 4.0.2 only; version 4.0.3 only; version 4.0.4 only; version 4.0.5 only; …

Published 2008-06-16. Last modified 2026-06-16.