CVEvulnerability
CVE-1999-1053
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 1999-09-13
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Description
guestbook.pl cleanses user-inserted SSI commands by removing text between "<!--" and "-->" separators, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands when guestbook.pl is run on Apache 1.3.9 and possibly other versions, since Apache allows other closing sequences besides "-->".
Affected configurations
• apache http server 1.3.9
• matt wright matt wright guestbook 2.3
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/33674 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/82/27296 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/82/27560 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/776 Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/33674 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/82/27296 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/82/27560 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/776 Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory