Certain Perl scripts in Konversation 0.15 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in (1) channel…

Description

Certain Perl scripts in Konversation 0.15 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in (1) channel names or (2) song names that are not properly quoted when the user runs IRC scripts.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

2.9% · top 13% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (9)

• 13919 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 20050119 Multiple vulnerabilities in Konversation (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
• http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050121-1.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 12312 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 13989 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• konversation-perlscript-execute-code(19008) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• GLSA-200501-34 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• 20050119 Multiple vulnerabilities in Konversation (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 1012972 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 21:05 UTC.