perlpodder before 0.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in the URL of a podcast, which are…

Description

perlpodder before 0.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in the URL of a podcast, which are executed when saving the URL to a log file. NOTE: the wget vector is already covered by CVE-2006-2548.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

4.3% · top 8.8% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (8)

• perlpodder-dlset-command-execution(26575) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 20060522 Perlpodder Remote Arbitrary Command Execution (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
• 20060522 Perlpodder Remote Arbitrary Command Execution (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• ADV-2006-1906 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 20238 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.redteam-pentesting.de/advisories/rt-sa-2006-003.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 18067 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 25708 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_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)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2006-2550](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2006-2550.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2006-2550)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 17:51 UTC.