CVE-2006-5099

Exp

lib/exec/fetch.php in DokuWiki before 2006-03-09e, when conf[imconvert] is configured to use ImageMagick, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the (1) w and (2) h parameters, which are not filtered when invoking convert.

Published: 2006-09-29 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-5099 is rated High Exploit Risk (75.9/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.65%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.04% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2006-5099

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5099

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 2025-10-23 1.61% 2.65% +1.04%
2 2025-05-18 1.32% 1.61% +0.28%
3 2025-03-30 — 1.32% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5099

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-5099

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5099

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-5099: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5099
debian medium CVE-2006-5099 medium priority: Debian including 1 source packages (dokuwiki), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-5099
gentoo high CVE-2006-5099: 1 GLSA(s) (200609-20), 1 atom(s) (www-apps/dokuwiki); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2006-5099
ubuntu medium CVE-2006-5099 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (dokuwiki), 5 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, upstream): released 3, ignored 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-5099

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5099

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
andreas_gohr dokuwiki release_2006-03-05 cpe:2.3:a:andreas_gohr:dokuwiki:release_2006-03-05:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
andreas_gohr dokuwiki release_2006-03-09 cpe:2.3:a:andreas_gohr:dokuwiki:release_2006-03-09:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
andreas_gohr dokuwiki release_2006-03-09e cpe:2.3:a:andreas_gohr:dokuwiki:release_2006-03-09e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5099

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