High severity · published Jun 30, 2016
CVE-2016-4803
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
2.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.2% · higher than 82% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DO
Dotcms · Dotcms
through 3.3.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4803
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4803
Exploit
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/May/69
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91529
Vendor Advisory
https://dotcms.com/docs/latest/change-log#release-3.3.2
Exploit
https://security.elarlang.eu/cve-2016-4803-dotcms-email-header-injection-vulnerability-full-disclosure.html
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