CVE-2008-5305 is an eval injection vulnerability affecting TWiki versions prior to 4.2.4, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary Perl code through the %SEARCH{}% variable. This vulnerability carries a critical CVSS score of 10.0, indicating a severe risk with a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, an exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this decade-old flaw.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:twiki:twiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:twiki:twiki:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:twiki:twiki:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:twiki:twiki:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:twiki:twiki:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.