CVE-2002-0986
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2004-09-01 04:00
Modified
2024-08-08 03:12
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
The mail function in PHP 4.x to 4.2.2 does not filter ASCII control characters from its arguments, which could allow remote attackers to modify mail message content, including mail headers, and possibly use PHP as a "spam proxy."
References
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