CVE-2012-6329
The _compile function in Maketext.pm in the Locale::Maketext implementation in Perl before 5.17.7 does not properly handle backslashes and…
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
The _compile function in Maketext.pm in the Locale::Maketext implementation in Perl before 5.17.7 does not properly handle backslashes and fully qualified method names during compilation of bracket notation, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via crafted input to an application that accepts translation strings from users, as demonstrated by the TWiki application before 5.1.3, and the Foswiki application 1.0.x through 1.0.10 and 1.1.x through 1.1.6.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 25 days later
· 25 days later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 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)
- 63.7% · top 0.8% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (17)
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDVSA-2013:113 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/SecurityAlert-CVE-2012-6329 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [foswiki-announce] 20121212 Security Alert CVE-2012-6329: Foswiki MAKETEXT Variable Allows Arbitrary Shell Command Execution (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/1735f6f53ca19f99c6e9e39496c486af323ba6a8 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/blob/HEAD:/pod/perl5177delta.pod (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [perl5-porters] 20121205 Re: security notice: Locale::Maketext (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20121211 Re: CVE request: perl-modules (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=884354 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0032 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2099-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [perl5-porters] 20121205 security notice: Locale::Maketext (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:0685 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10735 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 56950 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=695224 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Badge for a README or a ticket
[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2012-6329)Record last updated .