CVE-2003-1365

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2003-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The escape_dangerous_chars function in CGI::Lite 2.0 and earlier does not correctly remove special characters including (1) "\" (backslash), (2) "?", (3) "~" (tilde), (4) "^" (carat), (5) newline, or (6) carriage return, which could allow remote attackers to read or write arbitrary files, or execute arbitrary commands, in shell scripts that rely on CGI::Lite to filter such dangerous inputs.

Affected products

perl Cgi Lite: 2.0

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0065.html
http://search.cpan.org/~smylers/CGI-Lite-2.02/Lite.pm
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3237
http://use.perl.org/~cbrooks/journal/10542
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/311414
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6833
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11308
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0065.html
http://search.cpan.org/~smylers/CGI-Lite-2.02/Lite.pm
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3237
http://use.perl.org/~cbrooks/journal/10542
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/311414

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