CVE-2006-6629

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-12-18 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

lib/WeBWorK/PG/Translator.pm in WeBWorK Program Generation (PG) Language before 2.3.1 uses an insufficiently restrictive regular expression to determine valid macro filenames, which allows attackers to load arbitrary macro files whose names contain the strings (1) dangerousMacros.pl, (2) PG.pl, or (3) IO.pl.

Affected products

WebWork Program Generation Language: through 2.3

References

http://devel.webwork.rochester.edu/twiki/bin/view/Webwork/PGLanguageRelease2pt3pt1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21614
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5026
http://devel.webwork.rochester.edu/twiki/bin/view/Webwork/PGLanguageRelease2pt3pt1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21614
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5026

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