CVE-2012-1795

Summary

CVECVE-2012-1795
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-03-20 18:55:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Descriptionwebglimpse.cgi in Webglimpse before 2.20.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the query parameter, as exploited in the wild in March 2012.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-78 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Webglimpse Webglimpse 2.10.1 All All All
Application Webglimpse Webglimpse 2.10.2 All All All
Application Webglimpse Webglimpse 2.10.4 All All All
Application Webglimpse Webglimpse 2.11.0 All All All
Application Webglimpse Webglimpse 2.12.0 All All All
Application Webglimpse Webglimpse 2.12.2 All All All
Application Webglimpse Webglimpse 2.13.0 All All All
Application Webglimpse Webglimpse 2.13.1 All All All
Application Webglimpse Webglimpse 2.13.2 All All All
Application Webglimpse Webglimpse 2.14.0 All All All
Application Webglimpse Webglimpse 2.14.1 All All All
Application Webglimpse Webglimpse 2.14.2 All All All
Application Webglimpse Webglimpse 2.14.3 All All All
Application Webglimpse Webglimpse 2.14.5 All All All
Application Webglimpse Webglimpse 2.14.6 All All All
Application Webglimpse Webglimpse 2.14.7 All All All
Application Webglimpse Webglimpse 2.14.8 All All All
Application Webglimpse Webglimpse 2.14.9 All All All
Application Webglimpse Webglimpse 2.15.0 All All All
Application Webglimpse Webglimpse 2.15.3 All All All
Application Webglimpse Webglimpse 2.15.5 All All All
Application Webglimpse Webglimpse 2.16.2 All All All
Application Webglimpse Webglimpse 2.16.3 All All All
Application Webglimpse Webglimpse 2.16.4 All All All
Application Webglimpse Webglimpse 2.17.0 All All All
Application Webglimpse Webglimpse 2.17.1 All All All
Application Webglimpse Webglimpse 2.17.2 All All All
Application Webglimpse Webglimpse 2.17.3 All All All
Application Webglimpse Webglimpse 2.18.4 All All All
Application Webglimpse Webglimpse 2.18.5 All All All
Application Webglimpse Webglimpse 2.2.0 All All All
Application Webglimpse Webglimpse 2.2.1 All All All
Application Webglimpse Webglimpse 2.2.2 All All All
Application Webglimpse Webglimpse 2.3.1 All All All
Application Webglimpse Webglimpse 2.3.3 All All All
Application Webglimpse Webglimpse 2.4.0 All All All
Application Webglimpse Webglimpse 2.4.6 All All All
Application Webglimpse Webglimpse 2.5.1 All All All
Application Webglimpse Webglimpse 2.5.4 All All All
Application Webglimpse Webglimpse 2.6.2 All All All
Application Webglimpse Webglimpse 2.6.7 All All All
Application Webglimpse Webglimpse 2.7.4 All All All
Application Webglimpse Webglimpse 2.7.6 All All All
Application Webglimpse Webglimpse 2.7.7 All All All
Application Webglimpse Webglimpse 2.7.8 All All All
Application Webglimpse Webglimpse 2.8.0 All All All
Application Webglimpse Webglimpse 2.8.1 All All All
Application Webglimpse Webglimpse All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Webglimpse 'query' Parameter Validation Flaw Lets Remote Users Inject Operating System Commands - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#364363 - WebGlimpse command injection vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Patch, US Government Resource
osvdb.org/80344 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Security Advisory SA48452 - Webglimpse "query" Command Injection Vulnerability - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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