OS Command InjectionWeakness · CWE-78

CVE-2026-34112

CRITICAL · 9.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2026-07-01
Mitigation only
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100/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click 8 weeks old

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 · unedited
Guardian language-system passes the id GET parameter directly into a PHP exec() call in speechmac.php (line 18) without sanitization: exec(\"php jobs/speech_audio_mac.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 confidence

A critical OS command injection vulnerability exists in Guardian language-system's speechmac.php where the 'id' GET parameter is passed directly into a PHP exec() call without any sanitization or input validation. An unauthenticated attacker can inject shell metacharacters to execute arbitrary operating system commands on the server.

MitigationImplement strict input validation on the 'id' parameter and use PHP's escapeshellarg() function to sanitize all user input before passing it to exec(), or refactor the code to avoid shell execution entirely.

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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 checks

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  1. Locate speechmac.php file
    Search the webroot for the file speechmac.php using: find /var/www -name 'speechmac.php' 2>/dev/null (Linux) or dir /s C:\speechmac.php (Windows)
    Affected if The file exists in the web application directory structure
  2. Inspect exec() usage with id parameter
    Open speechmac.php and examine lines containing exec() - look for calls that use $_GET['id'] without sanitization functions like escapeshellarg() or escapeshellcmd()
    Affected if The code shows exec() receiving $_GET['id'] directly without input validation
  3. Verify remote accessibility
    Confirm the file is web-accessible by checking if it responds to HTTP requests, or by examining web server configuration for the path
    Affected if The file is reachable via HTTP/HTTPS without authentication
  4. Confirm application is Guardian language-system
    Check the containing application name/version by examining headers, documentation files (README, composer.json, package.json), or application-specific config files
    Affected if The application is identified as the Guardian language-system
  5. Check for vulnerable parameter handling
    Review the full speechmac.php to ensure no input validation exists before the exec() call - look for filter_var(), preg_match(), or other validation logic on the 'id' parameter
    Affected if No input validation or sanitization is performed on the 'id' GET parameter before exec()

If speechmac.php exists and contains exec($_GET['id']) without any sanitization, the environment is vulnerable to CVE-2026-34112 and allows unauthenticated command injection.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Implement strict input validation on the 'id' parameter and use PHP's escapeshellarg() function to sanitize all user input before passing it to exec(), or refactor the code to avoid shell execution entirely.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation3.0 h
  • Implementation4.0 h
  • Testing3.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
12.0 hours of engineering $2,130
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