CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-10073
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-05-23
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
Description
The from method in library/core/class.email.php in Vanilla Forums before 2.3.1 allows remote attackers to spoof the email domain in sent messages and potentially obtain sensitive information via a crafted HTTP Host header, as demonstrated by a password reset request.
Affected configurations
• vanillaforums vanilla (<= 2.3.0)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/142486/Vanilla-Forums-2.3-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://exploitbox.io/vuln/Vanilla-Forums-Exploit-Host-Header-Injection-CVE-2016-10073-0day.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://open.vanillaforums.com/discussion/33498/critical-security-release-vanilla-2-3-1 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41996/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/142486/Vanilla-Forums-2.3-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://exploitbox.io/vuln/Vanilla-Forums-Exploit-Host-Header-Injection-CVE-2016-10073-0day.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://open.vanillaforums.com/discussion/33498/critical-security-release-vanilla-2-3-1 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41996/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry