A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Foswiki up to 1.1.7 (Content Management System). Affected is an unknown code block of the component Maketext Macro. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Foswiki before 1.1.8 contains a code injection vulnerability in the MAKETEXT macro.

The bug was discovered 02/19/2013. The weakness was released 11/01/2019 (Website). The advisory is available at foswiki.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2013-1666 since 02/13/2013. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 65059 (Foswiki < 1.1.8 MAKETEXT Macro Arbitrary Code Injection), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r.

Upgrading to version 1.1.8 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (65059).

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• Foswiki

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• 1.1.0
• 1.1.1
• 1.1.2
• 1.1.3
• 1.1.4
• 1.1.5
• 1.1.6
• 1.1.7

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