$ cve CVE-2012-6329 JSON

CVE-2012-6329 EXPLOIT

7.5

HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 63.5% (pctl 99)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

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.

Scoring

CVSS	7.5 (HIGH, v2.0)
Vector	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS	63.49% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs
Weakness	CWE-94
On CISA KEV	no
Public exploit	yes
Published	2013-01-04
Last modified	2026-06-16

Affected (1)

Vendor	Product
perl	perl

Public exploits

Source	Title	Date
exploit-db	TWiki MAKETEXT - Remote Command Execution (Metasploit)	2012-12-23
exploit-db	Foswiki MAKETEXT - Remote Command Execution (Metasploit)	2012-12-23

References

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