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CVE-2003-0979 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (FreeScripts VisitorBook LE (visitorbook.pl) does not properl)

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 excee

CVE IDCVE-2003-0979
SeverityMEDIUM
CVSS score5.0
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2004-01-05
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionFreeScripts 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.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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