CVE-2003-0979 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2003-0979

FreeScripts VisitorBook LE (visitorbook.pl) does not properly escape line breaks...

Vulnerability Description

FreeScripts VisitorBook LE (visitorbook.pl) does not properly escape line breaks in input, which allows remote attackers to (1) use VisitorBook as an open mail relay, when $mailuser is 1, via extra headers in the email field, or (2) cause the guestbook database to be deleted via a large number of line breaks that exceeds the $max_posts variable.

Impact Analysis

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Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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References

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Affected Vendor

freescripts

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Affected Software

visitorbook
Vulnerable Versions:
le

Timeline

Official Publish: December 11th, 2003
Last Modified: August 8th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.