ping.php in Global Console Manager 16 (GCM16) and Global Console Manager 32 (GCM32) before 1.20.0.22575 on the IBM Avocent 1754 KVM switch…

published 2013-08-21 13y ago modified 2026-06-16 4mo ago also EUVD-2013-0537

cvss: 8.5; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 6.1%; EPSS 6.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits: 1; Exploit-DB

ping.php in Global Console Manager 16 (GCM16) and Global Console Manager 32 (GCM32) before 1.20.0.22575 on the IBM Avocent 1754 KVM switch allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the (1) count or (2) size parameter.

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Timeline

2013-08-19 First public exploit (EDB-27706)
2013-08-21 Published

Exploit prediction

6.07% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

EDB-27706 IBM 1754 GCM 1.18.0.22011 - Remote Command Execution remote, 2013-08-19

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	8.5	AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

CVE List CVE-2013-0526
NVD CVE-2013-0526

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