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Simple Form Multiple Parameter Arbitrary Mail Relaying

medium Nessus Plugin ID 14224

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Synopsis

The remote host contains an application that allows unauthorized mail relaying.

Description

The target is running at least one instance of Simple Form, which fails to validate the parameters 'admin_email_to' and 'admin_email_from'.

An attacker, exploiting this flaw, would be able to send email through the server (utilizing the form) to any arbitrary recipient with any arbitrary message content. In other words, the remote host can be used as a mail relay for things like SPAM.

Solution

Upgrade to Simple Form 2.2 or later.

See Also

http://worldcommunity.com/opensource/utilities/simple_form.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 14224

File Name: simple_form_mail_relaying.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 8/17/2004

Updated: 8/15/2022

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Information

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/9/2004

Reference Information

BID: 10917