CVE-2009-2944

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 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: 2009-08-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in the teximg plugin in ikiwiki before 3.1415926 and 2.x before 2.53.4 allows context-dependent attackers to read arbitrary files via crafted TeX commands.

Affected products

ikiwiki: through 3.141592; 2.0, 2.00, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 (+71)

References

http://ikiwiki.info/security/#index35h2
http://osvdb.org/57575
http://secunia.com/advisories/36516
http://secunia.com/advisories/36539
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1875
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36181
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2475
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52922
http://ikiwiki.info/security/#index35h2
http://osvdb.org/57575
http://secunia.com/advisories/36516
http://secunia.com/advisories/36539

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