Path Traversal in extension "Faceted Search" (ke_search)
Priority LOW 27CWE-22Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-22 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
The file indexer does not normalize the configured directory path. A backend user with permission to edit indexer configurations can index documents from arbitrary locations on the server file system through path traversal sequences.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00404 34th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Extension "Faceted Search" (TYPO3): 7.0.1, 6.6.1, 5.6.2 +1tpwd/ke_search (Packagist): 7.0.1, 6.6.1, 5.6.2 +1
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TYPO3 | Extension "Faceted Search" | 7.0.0 to before 7.0.1; 6.0.0 to before 6.6.1; 5.0.0 to before 5.6.2; before 4.6.7 | 7.0.1, 6.6.1, 5.6.2, 4.6.7 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | tpwd/ke_search (Packagist) | 7.0.0 to before 7.0.1 | 7.0.1 | Patch available | GHSA-c72x-mc2p-wv7x |
| — | tpwd/ke_search (Packagist) | 6.0.0 to before 6.6.1 | 6.6.1 | Patch available | GHSA-c72x-mc2p-wv7x |
| — | tpwd/ke_search (Packagist) | 5.0.0 to before 5.6.2 | 5.6.2 | Patch available | GHSA-c72x-mc2p-wv7x |
| — | tpwd/ke_search (Packagist) | before 4.6.7 | 4.6.7 | Patch available | GHSA-c72x-mc2p-wv7x |
- Extension "Faceted Search" VendorTYPO3 Affected 7.0.0 to before 7.0.1; 6.0.0 to before 6.6.1; 5.0.0 to before 5.6.2; before 4.6.7 Fixed in 7.0.1, 6.6.1, 5.6.2, 4.6.7 Patch available CNA
- tpwd/ke_search (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 7.0.0 to before 7.0.1 Fixed in 7.0.1 Patch available GHSA-c72x-mc2p-wv7x
- tpwd/ke_search (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 6.0.0 to before 6.6.1 Fixed in 6.6.1 Patch available GHSA-c72x-mc2p-wv7x
- tpwd/ke_search (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 5.0.0 to before 5.6.2 Fixed in 5.6.2 Patch available GHSA-c72x-mc2p-wv7x
- tpwd/ke_search (Packagist) Vendor— Affected before 4.6.7 Fixed in 4.6.7 Patch available GHSA-c72x-mc2p-wv7x
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Extension "Faceted Search" (TYPO3) Fixed in 7.0.1, 6.6.1, 5.6.2, 4.6.7
- Fix · GHSA-c72x-mc2p-wv7x tpwd/ke_search (Packagist) Fixed in 7.0.1 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-c72x-mc2p-wv7x tpwd/ke_search (Packagist) Fixed in 6.6.1 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-c72x-mc2p-wv7x tpwd/ke_search (Packagist) Fixed in 5.6.2 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-c72x-mc2p-wv7x tpwd/ke_search (Packagist) Fixed in 4.6.7 Advisory →
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Advisory ·
TYPO3 Extension "Faceted Search" — typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-ext-sa-2026-011
3 records Highest priority Priority LOW 3 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-34348 Information Disclosure in extension "Faceted Search" (ke_search)Priority LOW 26
- TI-2026-34347 XML External Entity Injection in extension "Faceted Search" (ke_search)Priority LOW 26
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-46724
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-c72x-mc2p-wv7x
References
More TYPO3 vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-10314 Persisted Cross-Site Scripting in Frontend Rendering in typo3 CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2010-03538 The jumpUrl (aka access tracking) implementation in tslib/class.tslib_fe.php in TYPO3… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.1
- TI-2009-00775 The jumpUrl mechanism in class.tslib_fe.php in TYPO3 3.3.x through 3.8.x, 4.0 before… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
- TI-2025-30547 The sr_feuser_register extension through 12.4.8 for TYPO3 allows Remote Code Execution. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2019-08867 The PharStreamWrapper (aka phar-stream-wrapper) package 2.x before 2.1.1 and 3.x before… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2008-04019 Unspecified vulnerability in the TYPO3 Secure Directory (kw_secdir) extension before… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
Sources
- CVE-2026-46724 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-46724 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-c72x-mc2p-wv7x · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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