CVE-2005-1950 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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

Published: 2005-06-14

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 11.3% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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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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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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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.

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}`

Subscriptions

Darryl Burgdorf Webhints

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-06-14T04:00:00.000Z

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

Reserved: 2005-06-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-1950

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

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

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-1950

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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