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GForge cvsweb.php Shell Command Injection Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA25395
Release Date: 2007-05-25
Popularity: 7,390 views

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Workaround

Software:GForge 4.x

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Description:
Bernhard R. Link has reported a vulnerability in GForge, which can be exploited by malicious people to potentially compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an input sanitation error in plugins/scmcvs/www/cvsweb.php when calling the CVSWeb CGI. This can be exploited to inject and execute arbitrary shell commands via specially crafted URLs.

The vulnerability is reported in version 4.5.16. Other versions may also be affected.

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