CVE-2006-6629
N/A
Published: December 18, 2006 at 11:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:33 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorProgram Generation Language
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
lib/WeBWorK/PG/Translator.pm in WeBWorK Program Generation (PG) Language before 2.3.1 uses an insufficiently restrictive regular expression to determine valid macro filenames, which allows attackers to load arbitrary macro files whose names contain the strings (1) dangerousMacros.pl, (2) PG.pl, or (3) IO.pl.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 2.3
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (3)
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://devel.webwork.rochester.edu/twiki/bin/view/Webwork/PGLanguageRelease2pt3pt1VDB Entryx_refsource_VUPEN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5026Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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