CVE-2006-2548 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 13.3% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Prodder before 0.5, and perlpodder before 0.5, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in the URL of a podcast (url attribute of an enclosure tag, or $enc_url variable), which is executed when running wget.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 13.28% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-94 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2006-05-23 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| perlpodder | perlpodder |
| prodder | prodder |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Prodder 0.4 - Arbitrary Shell Command Execution | 2006-05-22 |
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-05/0567.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20208
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20238
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/942
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=418189&group_id=148643
- http://www.osvdb.org/25690
- http://www.redteam-pentesting.de/advisories/rt-sa-2006-002.php
- http://www.redteam-pentesting.de/advisories/rt-sa-2006-003.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434712/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18068
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1905
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26568
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26575
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-05/0567.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20208
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20238
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/942
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=418189&group_id=148643
- http://www.osvdb.org/25690
- http://www.redteam-pentesting.de/advisories/rt-sa-2006-002.php
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