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CVE-2009-2944
Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in the teximg plugin in ikiwiki before 3.1415926 and 2.x before 2.53.4 allows context-dependent…
Medium5.0EPSS 1.8%
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Description
Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in the teximg plugin in ikiwiki before 3.1415926 and 2.x before 2.53.4 allows context-dependent attackers to read arbitrary files via crafted TeX commands.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.8% · top 21% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (8)
- 57575 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://ikiwiki.info/security/#index35h2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 36516 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 36539 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1875 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 36181 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2009-2475 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- ikiwiki-teximg-info-disclosure(52922) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
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- 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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