CVE-2003-1365
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Oct 17, 2007
- Updated
- Aug 8, 2024
- Reserved
- Oct 16, 2007
Description
The escape_dangerous_chars function in CGI::Lite 2.0 and earlier does not correctly remove special characters including (1) "\" (backslash), (2) "?", (3) "~" (tilde), (4) "^" (carat), (5) newline, or (6) carriage return, which could allow remote attackers to read or write arbitrary files, or execute arbitrary commands, in shell scripts that rely on CGI::Lite to filter such dangerous inputs.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- http://use.perl.org/~cbrooks/journal/10542
- 20030211 Security bug in CGI::Lite::escape_dangerous_chars() functionmailing-list
- 6833vdb-entry
- 3237third-party-advisory
- cgilite-shell-command-execution(11308)vdb-entry
- http://search.cpan.org/~smylers/CGI-Lite-2.02/Lite.pm
- 20030211 Security bug in CGI::Lite::escape_dangerous_chars() functionmailing-list
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