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CVE-2005-2877

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 70.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2005-09-16 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The history (revision control) function in TWiki 02-Sep-2004 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters, as demonstrated via the rev parameter to TWikiUsers.

Affected products

• Twiki: 2000-12-01, 2001-12-01, 2003-02-01, 2004-09-01, 2004-09-02

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112680475417550&w=2
• http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/SecurityAlertExecuteCommandsWithRev
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/757181
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14834
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112680475417550&w=2
• http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/SecurityAlertExecuteCommandsWithRev
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/757181
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14834

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