CVE detail

CVE-2004-0259 — CVE-2004-0259

Published 2004-11-23 · Modified 2026-06-16 · Vendor joe_lumbroso_acks · Product formmail.php · Source nvd

UNKNOWN

severity

CVSS-derived band

n/a

CVSS v3

0–10 scale

0.0206

EPSS probability

exploitation probability, 30d

80.0%

EPSS percentile

percentile vs all CVEs

NOT LISTED

CISA KEV

known exploited catalog

Description

The check_referer() function in Formmail.php 5.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass access restrictions via an empty or spoofed HTTP Referer, as demonstrated using an application on the same web server that contains a cross-site scripting (XSS) issue.

Remediation

No vendor-published fix data in our corpus for this CVE. Check the references below or the vendor's PSIRT / security advisories page.

References

cvedb.io · NVD · CISA KEV · FIRST EPSS · vendor advisories (CVE Program List v5). Informational only, no warranty — verify every remediation against the vendor advisory before acting on it. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD, CISA, FIRST.org or any vendor named. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.