CVE-2008-5305

TWiki 4.x - 'SEARCH' Remote Command Execution

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Eval injection vulnerability in TWiki before 4.2.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Perl code via the %SEARCH{}% variable.

Vulnerabilidad de inyección "eval" en TWiki y versiones anteriores a 4.2.4 que permite a los atacantes remotos ejecutar arbitrariamente código Perl a través de la variable %SEARCH{}%.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2008-12-01 CVE Reserved
2008-12-06 First Exploit
2008-12-10 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

CAPEC

References (6)

URL	Tag	Source
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021352	Vdb Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32668	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3381	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32645	2008-12-06

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://secunia.com/advisories/33040	2009-03-03
http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/SecurityAlert-CVE-2008-5305	2009-03-03

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Twiki Search vendor "Twiki"		Twiki Search vendor "Twiki" for product "Twiki"				<= 4.2.3 Search vendor "Twiki" for product "Twiki" and version " <= 4.2.3"		-		Affected
Twiki Search vendor "Twiki"		Twiki Search vendor "Twiki" for product "Twiki"				4.0.0 Search vendor "Twiki" for product "Twiki" and version "4.0.0"		-		Affected
Twiki Search vendor "Twiki"		Twiki Search vendor "Twiki" for product "Twiki"				4.0.1 Search vendor "Twiki" for product "Twiki" and version "4.0.1"		-		Affected
Twiki Search vendor "Twiki"		Twiki Search vendor "Twiki" for product "Twiki"				4.0.2 Search vendor "Twiki" for product "Twiki" and version "4.0.2"		-		Affected
Twiki Search vendor "Twiki"		Twiki Search vendor "Twiki" for product "Twiki"				4.0.3 Search vendor "Twiki" for product "Twiki" and version "4.0.3"		-		Affected
Twiki Search vendor "Twiki"		Twiki Search vendor "Twiki" for product "Twiki"				4.0.4 Search vendor "Twiki" for product "Twiki" and version "4.0.4"		-		Affected
Twiki Search vendor "Twiki"		Twiki Search vendor "Twiki" for product "Twiki"				4.0.5 Search vendor "Twiki" for product "Twiki" and version "4.0.5"		-		Affected
Twiki Search vendor "Twiki"		Twiki Search vendor "Twiki" for product "Twiki"				4.1.0 Search vendor "Twiki" for product "Twiki" and version "4.1.0"		-		Affected
Twiki Search vendor "Twiki"		Twiki Search vendor "Twiki" for product "Twiki"				4.1.1 Search vendor "Twiki" for product "Twiki" and version "4.1.1"		-		Affected
Twiki Search vendor "Twiki"		Twiki Search vendor "Twiki" for product "Twiki"				4.1.2 Search vendor "Twiki" for product "Twiki" and version "4.1.2"		-		Affected
Twiki Search vendor "Twiki"		Twiki Search vendor "Twiki" for product "Twiki"				4.2.0 Search vendor "Twiki" for product "Twiki" and version "4.2.0"		-		Affected
Twiki Search vendor "Twiki"		Twiki Search vendor "Twiki" for product "Twiki"				4.2.1 Search vendor "Twiki" for product "Twiki" and version "4.2.1"		-		Affected
Twiki Search vendor "Twiki"		Twiki Search vendor "Twiki" for product "Twiki"				4.2.2 Search vendor "Twiki" for product "Twiki" and version "4.2.2"		-		Affected