CVE-2005-2877 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2005-09-16

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 70.9% High

KEV: No

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:twiki:twiki:2000-12-01:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:twiki:twiki:2001-12-01:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:twiki:twiki:2003-02-01:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:twiki:twiki:2004-09-01:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:twiki:twiki:2004-09-02:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.70903.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112680475417550&w=2
http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/SecurityAlertExecuteCommandsWithRev
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/757181
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14834

History

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Subscriptions

Twiki Twiki

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-09-16T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T22:53:29.778Z

Reserved: 2005-09-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-2877

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-09-16T20:03:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:15:50.630

Link: CVE-2005-2877

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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