CVE-2026-34107
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedGuardian language-system passes the id GET parameter directly into a PHP exec() call in translate.php (line 14) without sanitization: exec(\"php jobs/translate.php \".$login_session.\" \".$_GET['id'].\" ...\"). No authentication is required. An unauthenticated remote attacker can append shell metacharacters to execute arbitrary OS commands on the server.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceCritical command injection vulnerability in Guardian language-system's translate.php where the id GET parameter is passed directly to PHP exec() without sanitization, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via shell metacharacters.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Locate translate.php in the web rootSearch the web server document root for the file translate.php using 'find /var/www -name translate.php' or similar file search commandsAffected if The file translate.php exists in the web-accessible directory
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Inspect the translate.php source code for exec() usageOpen translate.php and search for calls to exec(), shell_exec(), system(), or passthru() functionsAffected if The code contains exec() or similar shell execution functions that process the 'id' parameter
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Verify the 'id' parameter reaches exec() without sanitizationReview the code between receiving $_GET['id'] and passing it to exec(), looking for absence of escapeshellarg() or other input validationAffected if The 'id' parameter is passed to exec() without any sanitization or validation functions
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Check if the endpoint is accessible without authenticationAttempt to access translate.php directly via HTTP/HTTPS without providing credentialsAffected if The endpoint responds without requiring authentication
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Compare installed version to any known affected releasesCheck the Guardian language-system version by reviewing version files, headers, or the translate.php file header commentsAffected if The installed version falls within an affected range (if such ranges become known) or is an unpatched version
If translate.php exists with exec() handling the 'id' parameter without sanitization and is accessible without auth, the environment is vulnerable to command injection.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement strict input validation and sanitization on the id parameter before use in exec(), ideally using whitelist validation or escaping shell metacharacters; alternatively, refactor to avoid exec() entirely with safer alternatives.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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