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CVE-2002-1771· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

Matt Wright FormMail 1.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to send spam or anonymous e-mail by injecting a newline character followed by C

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.

MediumCVSS 5.0 · v2.0—No exploit No fix recorded

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Published
Dec 31, 2002
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
1.4% · 70th percentile
CWE
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Action score

20

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
20 / 40 · 5.0 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 1.4%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
matt wrightformmail

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • matt wright formmail1.0
  • matt wright formmail1.1
  • matt wright formmail1.2
  • matt wright formmail1.3
  • matt wright formmail1.4
  • matt wright formmail1.5
  • matt wright formmail1.6
  • matt wright formmail1.7
  • matt wright formmail1.8
  • matt wright formmail1.9

Same product

matt wright: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2002-2109Matt Wright FormMail 1.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass the HTTP_REFERER check and conduct unauthorized activities via (1) a
    31Monitor
  • CVE-1999-0172FormMail CGI program allows remote execution of commands.
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2001-0357FormMail.pl in FormMail 1.6 and earlier allows a remote attacker to send anonymous email (spam) by modifying the recipient and message param
    30Monitor
  • CVE-2000-0411Matt Wright's FormMail CGI script allows remote attackers to obtain environmental variables via the env_report parameter.
    22Monitor
  • CVE-2009-1777CRLF injection vulnerability in FormMail.pl in Matt Wright FormMail 1.92, and possibly earlier, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary
    21Monitor
  • CVE-1999-0173FormMail CGI program can be used by web servers other than the host server that the program resides on.
    21Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
P · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
none
Attack complexity
Low
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
P
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

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CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

nvd-primary

Attack context

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MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.

Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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