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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2006-2548 in the critical feed json

Prodder before 0.5, and perlpodder before 0.5, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in the URL of a p…

published 2006-05-23 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-2548

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
13.3%
EPSS 13.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Prodder before 0.5, and perlpodder before 0.5, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in the URL of a podcast (url attribute of an enclosure tag, or $enc_url variable), which is executed when running wget.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-27902)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

13.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-27902 Prodder 0.4 - Arbitrary Shell Command Execution remote, 2006-05-22
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18068 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • redteam-pentesting.de http://www.redteam-pentesting.de/advisories/rt-sa-2006-002.php referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • redteam-pentesting.de http://www.redteam-pentesting.de/advisories/rt-sa-2006-003.php referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.