CVE-2016-10131 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

system/libraries/Email.php in CodeIgniter before 3.1.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging control over the email->from field to insert sendmail command-line arguments.

Published: 2017-01-12

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 3.1% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:codeigniter:codeigniter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-2023	CodeIgniter arbitrary code execution
Github GHSA	GHSA-2pcj-76hj-xqhm	CodeIgniter arbitrary code execution

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.03088.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96851
https://gist.github.com/Zenexer/40d02da5e07f151adeaeeaa11af9ab36
https://github.com/bcit-ci/CodeIgniter/issues/4963
https://github.com/bcit-ci/CodeIgniter/pull/4966

History

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Subscriptions

Codeigniter Codeigniter

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-01-12T06:06:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T03:14:41.312Z

Reserved: 2017-01-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-10131

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-01-12T06:59:00.187

Modified: 2026-06-17T00:39:07.053

Link: CVE-2016-10131

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-74
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

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