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CVE-2002-1575
cgiemail allows remote attackers to use cgiemail as a spam proxy via CRLF injection of encoded newline (%0a) characters in parameters such…
Medium5.0EPSS 1.4%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.4% · top 28% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- cgiemail-open-mail-relay(9361) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 5013 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20031003 patch for vulnerability in cgiemail (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20020614 Another cgiemail bug (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- DSA-437 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .