PT-2004-1413 · Nms · Formmail.Php

Nourredine Himeur · Published 2004-03-18 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2004-0259

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Formmail.php versions 5.0 and earlier

Description The issue allows remote attackers to bypass access restrictions via an empty or spoofed HTTP Referer. This can be demonstrated using an application on the same web server that contains a cross-site scripting (XSS) issue, potentially leveraging the check referer() function.

Recommendations For Formmail.php versions 5.0 and earlier, consider disabling the check referer() function until a patch is available to prevent bypassing access restrictions.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2004-0259

Affected Products

Formmail.Php

References · 4

• http://securityfocus.com/bid/9591 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0259 · Security Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107619109629629&w=2 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15079 · Note