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TI-2008-05050 Aliases CVE-2008-5305GHSA-6p38-wpxv-rj6f

Eval injection vulnerability in TWiki before 4.2.4 allows remote attackers to execute…

Priority MEDIUM 50CWE-94Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-94.

Summary

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

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0464 91st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 13

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:twiki:twiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 4.2.3VulnerableTwiki
cpe:2.3:a:twiki:twiki:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0.0VulnerableTwiki
cpe:2.3:a:twiki:twiki:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0.1VulnerableTwiki
cpe:2.3:a:twiki:twiki:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0.2VulnerableTwiki
cpe:2.3:a:twiki:twiki:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0.3VulnerableTwiki
cpe:2.3:a:twiki:twiki:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0.4VulnerableTwiki
cpe:2.3:a:twiki:twiki:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0.5VulnerableTwiki
cpe:2.3:a:twiki:twiki:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.1.0VulnerableTwiki
cpe:2.3:a:twiki:twiki:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.1.1VulnerableTwiki
cpe:2.3:a:twiki:twiki:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.1.2VulnerableTwiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:twiki:twiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 4.2.3 Vulnerable ·Twiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:twiki:twiki:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.0 Vulnerable ·Twiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:twiki:twiki:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.1 Vulnerable ·Twiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:twiki:twiki:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.2 Vulnerable ·Twiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:twiki:twiki:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.3 Vulnerable ·Twiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:twiki:twiki:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.4 Vulnerable ·Twiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:twiki:twiki:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.5 Vulnerable ·Twiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:twiki:twiki:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1.0 Vulnerable ·Twiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:twiki:twiki:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1.1 Vulnerable ·Twiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:twiki:twiki:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1.2 Vulnerable ·Twiki
Show 3 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:twiki:twiki:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.2.0VulnerableTwiki
cpe:2.3:a:twiki:twiki:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.2.1VulnerableTwiki
cpe:2.3:a:twiki:twiki:4.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.2.2VulnerableTwiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:twiki:twiki:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.2.0 Vulnerable ·Twiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:twiki:twiki:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.2.1 Vulnerable ·Twiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:twiki:twiki:4.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.2.2 Vulnerable ·Twiki

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-5305
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6p38-wpxv-rj6f

References

Advisory 1

Other 1

  • TI-2004-00942 The search function in TWiki 20030201 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2014-06024 Eval injection vulnerability in lib/TWiki/Plugins.pm in TWiki before 6.0.1 allows remote… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2005-02725 The history (revision control) function in TWiki 02-Sep-2004 and earlier allows remote… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2013-01543 TWiki before 5.1.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands by sending… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2014-06025 lib/TWiki/Sandbox.pm in TWiki 6.0.0 and earlier, when running on Windows, allows remote… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8
  • TI-2012-05141 The localization functionality in TWiki before 5.1.3, and Foswiki 1.0.x through 1.0.10… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
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Sources

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