CVE-2012-5534 (GCVE-0-2012-5534)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-12-03 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 21:05
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The hook_process function in the plugin API for WeeChat 0.3.0 through 0.3.9.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a command from a plugin, related to "shell expansion."
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
14 references
Date Public
2012-11-18 00:00
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