CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2016-9483

Php Formmail Generator vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
3.5%
EPSS pct
88th
Exploited
No known
The PHP form code generated by PHP FormMail Generator deserializes untrusted input as part of the phpfmg_filman_download() function. A remote unauthenticated attacker may be able to use this vulnerability to inject PHP code, or along with CVE-2016-9484 to perform local file inclusion attacks and obtain files from the server.
Affected vendor
Jqueryform
Affected product
Php Formmail Generator
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-502 — Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Published
2018-07-13

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-9483

  • Confirm whether Jqueryform Php Formmail Generator is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-9483.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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