CVE-2002-1771

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.

Published: 2002-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2002-1771 is rated Moderate Risk (40.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.39%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-1771

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-17 0.53% 0.39% -0.13%
2 2024-12-17 0.57% 0.53% -0.04%
3 2024-05-28 — 0.57% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-1771

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-1771

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-1771

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
matt_wright formmail 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:matt_wright:formmail:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
matt_wright formmail 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:matt_wright:formmail:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
matt_wright formmail 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:matt_wright:formmail:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
matt_wright formmail 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:matt_wright:formmail:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
matt_wright formmail 1.4 cpe:2.3:a:matt_wright:formmail:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
matt_wright formmail 1.5 cpe:2.3:a:matt_wright:formmail:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
matt_wright formmail 1.6 cpe:2.3:a:matt_wright:formmail:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
matt_wright formmail 1.7 cpe:2.3:a:matt_wright:formmail:1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
matt_wright formmail 1.8 cpe:2.3:a:matt_wright:formmail:1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
matt_wright formmail 1.9 cpe:2.3:a:matt_wright:formmail:1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-1771

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