CVE-2016-4803

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Published Jun 30, 2016 CVSS 3.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 2.2% KEV · Not listed

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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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.

Metrics

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.

Exploit prediction score: 2.2% (2.201% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

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

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Subscriptions

Dotcms Dotcms

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 12:39 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jun 30, 2016, 5:00 PM
Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 12:39 AM
Reserved: May 13, 2016, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 12:48 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Jun 30, 2016, 5:59 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 12:48 AM

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