CVE-2012-6329

TWiki MAKETEXT Remote Command Execution

Title source: metasploit

Description

The _compile function in Maketext.pm in the Locale::Maketext implementation in Perl before 5.17.7 does not properly handle backslashes and fully qualified method names during compilation of bracket notation, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via crafted input to an application that accepts translation strings from users, as demonstrated by the TWiki application before 5.1.3, and the Foswiki application 1.0.x through 1.0.10 and 1.1.x through 1.1.6.

Exploits (3)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Metasploit · rubyremoteunix
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23579
exploitdb WORKING POC
rubyremoteunix
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23580
metasploit WORKING POC EXCELLENT
by George Clark, juan vazquez · rubypoc
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/unix/webapp/twiki_maketext.rb

References (17)

Scores

EPSS 0.8197
EPSS Percentile 99.2%

Details

CWE
CWE-94
Status published
Products (31)
perl/perl 5.10
perl/perl 5.10.0 (3 CPE variants)
perl/perl 5.10.1 (3 CPE variants)
perl/perl 5.11.0
perl/perl 5.11.1
perl/perl 5.11.2
perl/perl 5.11.3
perl/perl 5.11.4
perl/perl 5.11.5
perl/perl 5.12.0 (7 CPE variants)
... and 21 more
Published Jan 04, 2013
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026