CVE-2005-1924 describes a critical command injection vulnerability in the G/PGP Plugin (versions 2.1 and earlier) for Squirrelmail, allowing remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands. This flaw arises from insufficient sanitization of shell metacharacters in the 'fpr' and 'keyserver' parameters within several PHP files. With a CVSS score of 9.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C), the vulnerability is highly severe, indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:gpg_plugin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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