CVE-2013-1751

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2019-11-07 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

TWiki before 5.1.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands by sending a crafted '%MAKETEXT{}%' parameter value containing Perl backtick characters.

Affected products

Twiki: before 5.1.4 — fixed in 5.1.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Twiki 5.1.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028149
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1751
https://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/SecurityAlert-CVE-2013-1751
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028149
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1751
https://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/SecurityAlert-CVE-2013-1751

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