CVE-1999-1479: Matt Wright Textcounter

High severity, CVSS 10.0. EPSS: 12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The textcounter.pl by Matt Wright allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters.

Affected products

• Matt Wright Textcounter: version 1.2 only

Published 1998-06-24. Last modified 2026-06-16.