CVE-2016-4803 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

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.

The EPSS score is 0.00398.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Dotcms	Dotcms

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:dotcms:dotcms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-5786	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

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

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-06-30T17:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:39:26.306Z

Reserved: 2016-05-13T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-4803

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-06-30T17:59:06.797

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-4803

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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