CVE-2006-6629

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.

Published: 2006-12-18 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-6629 is rated Moderate Risk (52.4/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.13%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6629

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 0.36% 1.13% +0.76%
2 2025-03-17 0.34% 0.36% +0.03%
3 2024-12-17 — 0.34% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6629

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-2006-6629

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6629

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-6629: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6629

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2006-6629

Solution: This vulnerability is addressed in the following product release: WeBWorK, Program Generation Language, 2.3.1

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6629

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
webwork program_generation_language <= 2.3 cpe:2.3:a:webwork:program_generation_language:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6629

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