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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.0

CVE-1999-0173 json

FormMail CGI program can be used by web servers other than the host server that the program resides on.

published 1997-01-01 29 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-1999-0173

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.9%
EPSS 4.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

FormMail CGI program can be used by web servers other than the host server that the program resides on.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-20486)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

4.92% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-20486 Matt Wright FormMail 1.x - Cross-Site Request Forgery remote, 1997-01-01

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.