# CVE-2013-4663: git\_http\_controller.rb in the redmine\_git\_hosting plugin for Redmine allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacha

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2014-12-28 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

git_http_controller.rb in the redmine_git_hosting plugin for Redmine allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in (1) the service parameter to info/refs, related to the get_info_refs function or (2) the reqfile argument to the file_exists function.

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## Related

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## References

- http://www.sec-1.com/blog/2013/redmine-git-hosting-plugin-remote-command-execution

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