TWiki TWikiUsers - Arbitrary Command Execution



EKU-ID: 31583 CVE: CVE-2005-2877;OSVDB-19403 OSVDB-ID:
Author: B4dP4nd4 Published: 2005-09-14 Verified: Verified
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14834/info

A remote command execution vulnerability affects the application.

The revision control function of the TWikiUsers script uses the backtick shell metacharacter to construct a command line. An attacker may use a specially crafted URI to execute arbitrary commands through the shell.

This attack would occur in the context of the vulnerable application and can facilitate unauthorized remote access.

http://www.example.com/cgi-bin/view/Main/TWikiUsers?rev=2%20%7Cless%20/etc/passwd