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TWiki Search Function Arbitrary Command Execution

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Disclosed
Oct 1, 2004
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module exploits a vulnerability in the search component of TWiki.
By passing a 'search' parameter containing shell metacharacters to a
'Search' script, an attacker can execute arbitrary OS commands.

Affected versions:
- 20040901
- 20030201
- 20011201
- 20001201
- SVN up to and including revision 3224

Authors

jduck [email protected]
g0tmi1k

Platform

Linux,Unix

Architectures

cmd

References

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':


    msf > use exploit/unix/webapp/twiki_search
    msf exploit(twiki_search) > show targets
        ...targets...
    msf exploit(twiki_search) > set TARGET < target-id >
    msf exploit(twiki_search) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf exploit(twiki_search) > exploit
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