CVEvulnerability

CVE-2004-0259

9.3 HIGH Published 2004-11-23 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2004-11-23
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

The check_referer() function in Formmail.php 5.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass access restrictions via an empty or spoofed HTTP Referer, as demonstrated using an application on the same web server that contains a cross-site scripting (XSS) issue.

Affected configurations

• joe lumbroso acks formmail.php 2.0 • joe lumbroso acks formmail.php 5.0

References