CVE-2002-2109

Exp

Matt Wright FormMail 1.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass the HTTP_REFERER check and conduct unauthorized activities via (1) a blank referer, (2) a spoofed referer with a trusted domain/URL after the beginning of the referer, or (3) a spoofed referer with a trusted domain/URL in the beginning (hostname) portion of the referer.

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-2002-2109 is rated High Exploit Risk (68.2/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.52%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2002-2109

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-2109

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 2025-08-30 0.43% 0.52% +0.09%
2 2025-03-17 0.88% 0.43% -0.45%
3 2024-09-17 — 0.88% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-2109

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-2109

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-2109

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-2002-2109

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