CVE-2005-2877
The history (revision control) function in TWiki 02-Sep-2004 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 70.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 4Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The history (revision control) function in TWiki 02-Sep-2004 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters, as demonstrated via the rev parameter to TWikiUsers.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 3 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits4
Metasploit modules1 module
- TWiki History Function Arbitrary Command Execution (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/unix/webapp/twiki_historyRank excellentdisclosed 14 Sept 2005
Exploit-DB3 entries
- TWiki History TWikiUsers - 'rev' Command Execution (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16892webapps, phppublished 3 Jul 2010Verified
- TWiki TWikiUsers - INCLUDE Function Arbitrary Command Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 26302webapps, phppublished 28 Sept 2005Verified
- TWiki TWikiUsers - Arbitrary Command Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 26260webapps, phppublished 14 Sept 2005Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 3 days later
· 3 days later
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 70.9% · top 0.6% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
4
- http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/SecurityAlertExecuteCommandsWithRev (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20050914 TWiki Remote Command Execution Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- VU#757181 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 14834 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2005-2877 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2005-2877)Record last updated .