What is CVE-2018-1294?

CVE-2018-1294 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apache Commons Email, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-03-20.

How severe is CVE-2018-1294?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Apache Commons Email

CVE-2018-1294

If a user of Apache Commons Email (typically an application programmer) passes unvalidated input as the so-called "Bounce Address", and that input contains line-breaks, then the email details (recipients, contents, etc.) might be manipulated. Mitigation: Users should upgrade to Commons-Email 1.5. You can mitigate this vulnerability for older versions of Commons Email by stripping line-breaks from data, that will be passed to Email.setBounceAddress(String).

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.028 (85.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Apache Commons_email
Apache Software Foundation Commons Email — versions versions prior to 1.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

security@apache.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, Mitigation)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1294?: CVE-2018-1294 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apache Commons Email, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-03-20.
How severe is CVE-2018-1294?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.