CVE-2008-3907
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 1.8%EU EUVD
The open-in-browser command in newsbeuter before 1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a feed URL.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 1.8% (79th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-3893)
- Published
- September 4, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-3893 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- newsbeuter / newsbeuter
- newsbeuter / newsbeuter
- newsbeuter / newsbeuter
- newsbeuter / newsbeuter
- newsbeuter / newsbeuter
- newsbeuter / newsbeuter
- newsbeuter / newsbeuter
- newsbeuter / newsbeuter
- newsbeuter / newsbeuter
- newsbeuter / newsbeuter
- newsbeuter / newsbeuter
- newsbeuter / newsbeuter
- newsbeuter / newsbeuter
References
- http://newsbeuter.wordpress.com/2008/09/01/newsbeuter-11-released-contains-security-fix-please-upgrade/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31676(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31995
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-12.xml
- http://www.newsbeuter.org/downloads/CHANGES
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/01/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30964
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44791
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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