CVE-2005-2682

critical

Description

aspell_setup.php in the SpellChecker plugin in DTLink AreaEdit before 0.4.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the dictionary parameter (aka the lang variable).

References

http://www.formvista.com/otherprojects/areaedit

http://www.formvista.com/forum.html?COMP=forum&cmd=view_thread&%28fvs%29cs_forums_threads_ref=47

http://secunia.com/advisories/16511

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-08-23

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00982

Detections

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