HIGH
CRLF injection vulnerability in the send email functionality in dotCMS before 3.3.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary email headers via CRLF sequences in the subject
Published Jun 30, 2016
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.20%
Description
CRLF injection vulnerability in the send email functionality in dotCMS before 3.3.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary email headers via CRLF sequences in the subject.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
7.5 HIGH NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact None
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.
2.20% 0.02201
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02201
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 (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.20% (0.02201) | 81.88th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.20% (0.02201) | 80.14th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.36% (0.00364) | 56.32th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.37% (0.00370) | 73.46th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 16, 2024 | 0.42% (0.00419) | 73.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 13, 2024 | 0.45% (0.00447) | 72.31th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.39% (0.00391) | 69.12th | 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 (4)
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/May/69 mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91529 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://dotcms.com/docs/latest/change-log#release-3.3.2 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://security.elarlang.eu/cve-2016-4803-dotcms-email-header-injection-vulnerability-full-disclosure.html x_refsource_MISCExploit
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/May/69 | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploit | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91529 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://dotcms.com/docs/latest/change-log#release-3.3.2 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| https://security.elarlang.eu/cve-2016-4803-dotcms-email-header-injection-vulnerability-full-disclosure.html | x_refsource_MISCExploit |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jun 30, 2016
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved May 13, 2016
Link CVE-2016-4803
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a