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CVE-2008-3907

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2008-09-04 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The open-in-browser command in newsbeuter before 1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a feed URL.

Affected products

• Newsbeuter: through 1.0; 0.1.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6 (+6)

References

• http://newsbeuter.wordpress.com/2008/09/01/newsbeuter-11-released-contains-security-fix-please-upgrade/
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31676
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31995
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-12.xml
• http://www.newsbeuter.org/downloads/CHANGES
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/01/4
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30964
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44791
• http://newsbeuter.wordpress.com/2008/09/01/newsbeuter-11-released-contains-security-fix-please-upgrade/
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31676
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31995
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-12.xml

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