CVE-2008-5920 (GCVE-0-2008-5920)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-01-21 02:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 11:13
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Summary
The create_anchors function in utils.inc in WebSVN 1.x allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a crafted username that is processed by the preg_replace function with the eval switch.
Severity ?
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CWE
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