CVE-2014-3947

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the powermail extension before 1.6.11 and 2.x before 2.0.14 for TYPO3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with a crafted extension, then accessing it via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2014-10-03 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-3947 is rated Moderate Risk (57.3/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.73%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-3947

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 2.73% 1.73% -1.00%
2 2025-03-29 1.73% 2.73% +1.00%
3 2025-03-19 1.73%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-3947

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-3947

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2014-3947

GHSA-m278-c6gg-4jrr · Severity: high · Ecosystem: composer — TYPO3 powermail extension has unrestricted file upload vulnerability

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-3947

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-3947 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (typo3-src), 15 status rows across 15 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, lucid, precise, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 9, ignored 5, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3947

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2014-3947

Comment: Vendor advisory - http://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-extensions/typo3-ext-sa-2014-007/

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-3947

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
alex_kellner powermail <= 1.6.10 cpe:2.3:a:alex_kellner:powermail:*:*:*:*:*:typo3:*:*
alex_kellner powermail 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:alex_kellner:powermail:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:typo3:*:*
alex_kellner powermail 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:alex_kellner:powermail:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:typo3:*:*
alex_kellner powermail 2.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:alex_kellner:powermail:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:typo3:*:*
alex_kellner powermail 2.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:alex_kellner:powermail:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:typo3:*:*
alex_kellner powermail 2.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:alex_kellner:powermail:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:typo3:*:*
alex_kellner powermail 2.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:alex_kellner:powermail:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:typo3:*:*
alex_kellner powermail 2.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:alex_kellner:powermail:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:typo3:*:*
alex_kellner powermail 2.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:alex_kellner:powermail:2.0.7:*:*:*:*:typo3:*:*
alex_kellner powermail 2.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:alex_kellner:powermail:2.0.8:*:*:*:*:typo3:*:*
alex_kellner powermail 2.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:alex_kellner:powermail:2.0.9:*:*:*:*:typo3:*:*
alex_kellner powermail 2.0.10 cpe:2.3:a:alex_kellner:powermail:2.0.10:*:*:*:*:typo3:*:*

References for CVE-2014-3947

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