PT-2008-6431 · Twiki · Twiki

Peter Allor · Published 2008-12-10 · Updated 2009-03-03 · CVE-2008-5305

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions TWiki versions prior to 4.2.4

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Perl code. This is achieved via the %SEARCH{}% variable, which is used for searching content within TWiki.

Recommendations For versions prior to 4.2.4, update to version 4.2.4 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the %SEARCH{}% variable until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5305

Affected Products

Twiki

References · 8

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/32645 · Exploit
• http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/SecurityAlert-CVE-2008-5305 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5305 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33040 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1021352 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3381 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/32668 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5305 · Note