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FKIE_CVE-2016-9482

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-07-13 20:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:56

Severity

9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

Code generated by PHP FormMail Generator may allow a remote unauthenticated user to bypass authentication in the to access the administrator panel by navigating directly to /admin.php?mod=admin&func=panel

References

URL	Tags
cret@cert.org	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94778	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cret@cert.org	https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/494015	Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94778	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/494015	Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	jqueryform	php_formmail_generator	-

JSON

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          "product": "Generator",
          "vendor": "PHP FormMail",
          "versions": [
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              "status": "affected",
              "version": "2016-12-06",
              "versionType": "custom"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "source": "cret@cert.org"
    }
  ],
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      "value": "Code generated by PHP FormMail Generator may allow a remote unauthenticated user to bypass authentication in the to access the administrator panel by navigating directly to /admin.php?mod=admin\u0026func=panel"
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "El c\u00f3digo generado por PHP FormMail Generator podr\u00eda permitir que un usuario remoto no autenticado omita la autenticaci\u00f3n para acceder al panel de administrador navegando directamente al panel /admin.php?mod=adminfunc=panel."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2016-9482",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T00:56:08.873",
  "metrics": {
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        "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
        "cvssData": {
          "accessComplexity": "LOW",
          "accessVector": "NETWORK",
          "authentication": "NONE",
          "availabilityImpact": "PARTIAL",
          "baseScore": 7.5,
          "confidentialityImpact": "PARTIAL",
          "integrityImpact": "PARTIAL",
          "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P",
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        "exploitabilityScore": 10.0,
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      }
    ],
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        "cvssData": {
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          "baseScore": 9.8,
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          "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
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  },
  "published": "2018-07-13T20:29:01.283",
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    },
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    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory",
        "US Government Resource"
      ],
      "url": "https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/494015"
    }
  ],
  "sourceIdentifier": "cret@cert.org",
  "vulnStatus": "Modified",
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        {
          "lang": "en",
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        }
      ],
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      "type": "Secondary"
    },
    {
      "description": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-287"
        }
      ],
      "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
      "type": "Primary"
    }
  ]
}

CVE-2016-9482 (GCVE-0-2016-9482)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-07-13 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:50

Title

PHP FormMail Generator generates PHP code for standard web forms, and the code generated is vulnerable to authentication bypass

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

CWE-302

Assigner

certcc mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/494015	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94778	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
PHP FormMail	Generator	Affected: 2016-12-06 , < 2016-12-06 (custom)

Date Public

2016-12-08 00:00

Credits

Thanks to Pouya Darabi for reporting this vulnerability.

Show details on NVD website

JSON

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

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Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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