CVE-2012-4548

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-11-11 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Argument injection vulnerability in syntax-highlighting.sh in cgit 9.0.3 and earlier allows remote authenticated users with permissions to add files to execute arbitrary commands via the --plug-in argument to the highlight command.

Affected products

Lars Hjemli Cgit: through 0.9.0.3; 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6 (+21)

References

http://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/commit/?id=7ea35f9f8ecf61ab42be9947aae1176ab6e089bd
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00021.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00022.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00003.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00004.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/50734
http://secunia.com/advisories/51167
http://secunia.com/advisories/51222
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/28/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/28/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56315
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=870713

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