CVE-2005-1950 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

hints.pl in Webhints 1.03 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the argument.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.11349.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:darryl_burgdorf:webhints:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Darryl Burgdorf Subscribe	Webhints Subscribe

Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111842893001406&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/15652
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014173
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13930

History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.14664}`	epss `{'score': 0.11349}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-06-14T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T22:06:57.716Z

Reserved: 2005-06-14T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2005-1950

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2005-06-09T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2005-1950

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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