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CVE-2002-1771
Matt Wright FormMail 1.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to send spam or anonymous e-mail by injecting a newline character followed by…
Medium5.0EPSS 1.4%
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Description
Matt Wright FormMail 1.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to send spam or anonymous e-mail by injecting a newline character followed by CC:, BCC:, or additional TO: fields in the email and realname CGI variables.
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 (4)
- formmail-smtp-header-spam(8013) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 3955 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20020123 Anonymous Mail Forwarding Vulnerabilities in FormMail 1.9 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.scriptarchive.com/readme/formmail.html#history (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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 .