MEDIUM
cgiemail allows remote attackers to use cgiemail as a spam proxy via CRLF injection of encoded newline (%0a) characters in parameters such as "required-subject," which can be used to modify the CC, BCC, and other header fields in the generated email message
Published Feb 11, 2004
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.39%
Description
cgiemail allows remote attackers to use cgiemail as a spam proxy via CRLF injection of encoded newline (%0a) characters in parameters such as "required-subject," which can be used to modify the CC, BCC, and other header fields in the generated email message.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.39% 0.01387
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01387
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.39% (0.01387) | 71.24th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.39% (0.01387) | 68.58th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.52% (0.00524) | 65.00th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.85% (0.00854) | 82.95th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 10, 2024 | 1.06% (0.01063) | 83.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.06% (0.01063) | 81.90th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 17, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 64.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 40.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (5)
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102406554627053&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106520691705768&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-437 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5013 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/9361 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102406554627053&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106520691705768&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-437 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5013 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/9361 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Feb 11, 2004
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved Feb 10, 2004
Link CVE-2002-1575
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a