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CVE-2003-0979

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2004-01-05 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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 exceeds the $max_posts variable.

Affected products

• Freescripts Visitorbook: le

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107107840622493&w=2
• http://www.westpoint.ltd.uk/advisories/wp-03-0001.txt
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107107840622493&w=2
• http://www.westpoint.ltd.uk/advisories/wp-03-0001.txt

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