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CVE-2005-2682

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-08-23 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

aspell_setup.php in the SpellChecker plugin in DTLink AreaEdit before 0.4.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the dictionary parameter (aka the lang variable).

Affected products

• Dtlink Areaedit: through 0.4.2

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/16511
• http://www.formvista.com/forum.html?COMP=forum&cmd=view_thread&%28fvs%29cs_forums_threads_ref=47
• http://www.formvista.com/otherprojects/areaedit
• http://secunia.com/advisories/16511
• http://www.formvista.com/forum.html?COMP=forum&cmd=view_thread&%28fvs%29cs_forums_threads_ref=47
• http://www.formvista.com/otherprojects/areaedit

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