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Spotweb through 1.5.8 OS Command Injection via Spot Title in Runcommand Integration

Type: advisorySources: OSV

Spotweb through 1.5.8 contains an OS command injection vulnerability in the runcommand NZB handler that allows remote attackers to execute commands by publishing spots with malicious titles. Attackers can post self-signed spots over Usenet with shell metacharacters in the title, which are substituted unescaped for $SPOTTITLE and passed to exec() when a user downloads the spot, running commands as the Spotweb PHP process.

Products
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Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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CVEs
CVE-2026-108546
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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Updated in this feed
3 Nov 2026, 08:54 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Spotweb through 1.5.8 OS Command Injection via Spot Title in Runcommand Integration

core-osv · Original source

Published 10 Oct 2026, 14:15 UTC

Spotweb through 1.5.8 contains an OS command injection vulnerability in the runcommand NZB handler that allows remote attackers to execute commands by publishing spots with malicious titles. Attackers can post self-signed spots over Usenet with shell metacharacters in the title, which are substituted unescaped for $SPOTTITLE and passed to exec() when a user downloads the spot, running commands as the Spotweb PHP process.

osv:CVE-2026-108546
Complete source record
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