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title: "CVE-2023-50461: TYPO3 Direct Mail - Configuration Injection & Arbitrary Code Execution"
description: "TYPO3 Direct Mail extension through 9.5.1 contains a configuration injection caused by arbitrary TSConfig page write in the Configuration backend module, letting authenticated backend users inject configuration or execute code, exploit requires valid backend user access."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2023-50461/
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# CVE-2023-50461 TYPO3 Direct Mail - Configuration Injection & Arbitrary Code Execution

TYPO3 Direct Mail extension through 9.5.1 contains a configuration injection caused by arbitrary TSConfig page write in the Configuration backend module, letting authenticated backend users inject configuration or execute code, exploit requires valid backend user access.

CVSS base score 8.8 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

EPSS

0.33% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-50461)

## Details

Type

Configuration Injection

Impact

Remote Code Execution, Data Tampering

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Published

14 September 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-863](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/863.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to a version later than 9.5.1 or TYPO3 10.4 and above with the fix applied.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-50461](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-50461)
- [https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-ext-sa-2023-011](https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-ext-sa-2023-011)

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- Whether you run the affected software, and where
- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
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