CVE-2006-6629

Published Dec 18, 2006 CVSS 2.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 1.2% KEV · Not listed
Description
lib/WeBWorK/PG/Translator.pm in WeBWorK Program Generation (PG) Language before 2.3.1 uses an insufficiently restrictive regular expression to determine valid macro filenames, which allows attackers to load arbitrary macro files whose names contain the strings (1) dangerousMacros.pl, (2) PG.pl, or (3) IO.pl.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2006-6612 lib/WeBWorK/PG/Translator.pm in WeBWorK Program Generation (PG) Language before 2.3.1 uses an insufficiently restrictive regular expression to determine valid macro filenames, which allows attackers to load arbitrary macro files whose names contain the strings (1) dangerousMacros.pl, (2) PG.pl, or (3) IO.pl.
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 8:33 PM
Reserved
Dec 17, 2006, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 18, 2006, 11:28 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:33 PM