CVE-2005-4875: TYPO3 Reveals Sensitive Information via Direct Request to `misc/phpcheck/`

May 1, 2022 (updated April 4, 2025)

TYPO3 3.8.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request to misc/phpcheck/, which invokes the phpinfo function and prints values of unspecified environment variables.

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42457
github.com/TYPO3/typo3
github.com/advisories/GHSA-xj84-6q8f-qg2r
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-4875
web.archive.org/web/20080228231555/http://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-20050725-1

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