CVE-2005-2682: Dtlink Areaedit

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 2.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

aspell_setup.php in the SpellChecker plugin in DTLink AreaEdit before 0.4.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the dictionary parameter (aka the lang variable).

Affected products

• Dtlink Areaedit: up to and including 0.4.2

Published 2005-08-23. Last modified 2026-06-16.