CVE-2004-1037

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The search function in TWiki 20030201 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a search string.

Published: 2005-03-01 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-1037 is rated High Exploit Risk (84.7/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 61.67%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2004-1037

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16894 exploit_db edb 2010-07-03 Exploit-DB ↗
642 exploit_db edb 2004-11-20 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-1037

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 85.83% 61.67% -24.16%
2 2025-03-30 83.80% 85.83% +2.03%
3 2025-03-29 83.80%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-1037

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-1037

OS Trackers for CVE-2004-1037

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2004-1037 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (twiki), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2004-1037

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-1037

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
twiki twiki 2003-02-01 cpe:2.3:a:twiki:twiki:2003-02-01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gentoo linux cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-1037

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