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CVE-2008-5920

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2009-01-21 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-94

Description

The create_anchors function in utils.inc in WebSVN 1.x allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a crafted username that is processed by the preg_replace function with the eval switch.

Affected products

• Tigris Websvn: 1.00, 1.01, 1.02, 1.03, 1.04, 1.10 (+13)

References

• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4928
• http://www.gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00132-10202008
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31891
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48168
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6822
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4928
• http://www.gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00132-10202008
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31891
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48168
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6822

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