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CVE-2001-0461

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 9.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2001-06-27 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

template.cgi in Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing (FOLDOC) allows remote attackers to read files and execute commands via shell metacharacters in the argument to template.cgi.

Affected products

• Denis Howe Foldoc: all versions

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-03/0109.html
• http://wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/index.html
• http://www.osvdb.org/5591
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6217
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-03/0109.html
• http://wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/index.html
• http://www.osvdb.org/5591
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6217

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