CVE-2016-4803

Public Exploit

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.

7.5

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 3.0 •

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.36%

Vendor Advisory dotcms.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://dotcms.com/docs/latest/change-log#release-3.3.2	vendor advisory
https://security.elarlang.eu/cve-2016-4803-dotcms-email-header-injection-vulnerability-full-disclosure.html	exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91529	vdb entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/May/69	mailing list exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-4803?: CVE-2016-4803 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-4803?: To fix CVE-2016-4803, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2016-4803 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2016-4803 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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