What is CVE-2016-9482?

CVE-2016-9482 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Jqueryform PHP Formmail Generator, classified under Authentication Bypass by Assumed-Immutable Data. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-07-13.

How severe is CVE-2016-9482?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Jqueryform PHP Formmail Generator

CVE-2016-9482

Code generated by PHP FormMail Generator may allow a remote unauthenticated user to bypass authentication in the to access the administrator panel by navigating directly to /admin.php?mod=admin&func=panel

Published 2018-07-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.045 (91.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-23.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 91.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.045 · newest: 0.045 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Jqueryform PHP Formmail Generator
PHP Formmail Generator — versions 2016-12-06

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/494015 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/94778 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-9482?: CVE-2016-9482 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Jqueryform PHP Formmail Generator, classified under Authentication Bypass by Assumed-Immutable Data. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-07-13.
How severe is CVE-2016-9482?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.