Insufficient Input Validation in WeBWorK Product by WeBWorK Inc.
CVE-2006-6629

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor: Webwork
Status: Program Generation Language
Vendor: CVE Published:; 18 December 2006

What is CVE-2006-6629?

A vulnerability exists in the WeBWorK Program Generation (PG) Language where an overly permissive regular expression allows attackers to specify arbitrary macro filenames. This can result in the execution of potentially harmful code if filenames include specific strings like 'dangerousMacros.pl', 'PG.pl', or 'IO.pl'. Users are advised to ensure their systems are updated to versions 2.3.1 or later to mitigate this risk.

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