CVE-2009-0258: TYPO3

High severity, CVSS 10.0. EPSS: 3.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Indexed Search Engine (indexed_search) system extension in TYPO3 4.0.0 through 4.0.9, 4.1.0 through 4.1.7, and 4.2.0 through 4.2.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted filename containing shell metacharacters, which is not properly handled by the command-line indexer.

Affected products

• 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 2009-01-22. Last modified 2026-06-16.