TI-2013-01543 Aliases CVE-2013-1751 GHSA-5mj5-5f99-mv3g

TWiki before 5.1.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands by sending…

MEDIUM 50CWE-20Published 2019-11-07 · Updated 2024-08-06

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.04872 92nd 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

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:twiki:twiki::::::::	before 5.1.4	Vulnerable	Twiki

cpe:2.3:a:twiki:twiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 5.1.4 Vulnerable ·Twiki

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2013-1751
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5mj5-5f99-mv3g

References

Patch 1

https://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/SecurityAlert-CVE-2013-1751

Advisory 1

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1751

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-2008-05050 Eval injection vulnerability in TWiki before 4.2.4 allows remote attackers to execute… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
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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