vendor:
PHP
by:
Not mentioned
7.5
CVSS
HIGH
Email Header Injection
93
CWE
Product Name: PHP
Affected Version From: PHP 4 up to and including 4.4.6, PHP 5 up to and including 5.2.1
Affected Version To: Not applicable
Patch Exists: YES
Related CWE: CVE-2007-1719
CPE: a:php:php
Platforms Tested:
2007
Email Header Injection Vulnerability in PHP
PHP is prone to an email-header-injection vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input when constructing email messages. Exploiting this issue allows a malicious user to create arbitrary email headers, and then create and transmit spam messages from the affected computer.
Mitigation:
The vendor has released patches to address this vulnerability. It is recommended to update to the latest version of PHP.