CVE-2005-2877 (GCVE-0-2005-2877)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2005-09-16 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 22:53
VLAI
Summary
The history (revision control) function in TWiki 02-Sep-2004 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters, as demonstrated via the rev parameter to TWikiUsers.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/SecurityAlert… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112680475417550&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/757181 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14834 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2005-09-16 00:00
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