Vulnerability CVE-2003-1365
Published: 2003-12-31   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
The escape_dangerous_chars function in CGI::Lite 2.0 and earlier does not correctly remove special characters including (1) "\" (backslash), (2) "?", (3) "~" (tilde), (4) "^" (carat), (5) newline, or (6) carriage return, which could allow remote attackers to read or write arbitrary files, or execute arbitrary commands, in shell scripts that rely on CGI::Lite to filter such dangerous inputs.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
Security bug in CGI::Lite::escape_dangerous_chars() function
Ronald F. Guilme...
17.10.2007

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
PERL -> Cgi lite 

 References:
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0065.html
http://search.cpan.org/~smylers/CGI-Lite-2.02/Lite.pm
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3237
http://use.perl.org/~cbrooks/journal/10542
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/311414
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6833
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11308
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