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TWiki History TWikiUsers rev Parameter Command Execution

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TWiki History TWikiUsers rev Parameter Command Execution

Disclosed
09/14/2005
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module exploits a vulnerability in the history component of TWiki. By passing a 'rev' parameter containing shell metacharacters to the TWikiUsers script, an attacker can execute arbitrary OS commands.

Author(s)

  • B4dP4nd4
  • jduck <jduck@metasploit.com>

Platform

Unix

Architectures

cmd

Development

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':

msf > use exploit/unix/webapp/twiki_history
msf exploit(twiki_history) > show targets
    ...targets...
msf exploit(twiki_history) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(twiki_history) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf exploit(twiki_history) > exploit

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