CVE-2006-6678: Netrik

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 1.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The edit_textarea function in form-file.c in Netrik 1.15.4 and earlier does not properly verify temporary filenames when editing textarea fields, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the filename.

Affected products

• Netrik Netrik: up to and including 1.15.4; version 1.15.2 only

Published 2006-12-21. Last modified 2026-06-16.