CVE-2002-0986 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (The mail function in PHP 4.x to 4.2.2 does not filter ASCII)
The mail function in PHP 4.x to 4.2.2 does not filter ASCII control characters from its arguments, which could allow remote attackers to modify mail message content, including mail headers, and possibly use PHP as a "spam proxy."
| CVE ID | CVE-2002-0986 |
|---|---|
| Severity | MEDIUM |
| CVSS score | 5.0 |
| CVSS vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2002-09-24 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | The mail function in PHP 4.x to 4.2.2 does not filter ASCII control characters from its arguments, which could allow remote attackers to modify mail message content, including mail headers, and possibly use PHP as a "spam proxy." |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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