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CVE-2016-10131

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-01-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-74

Description

system/libraries/Email.php in CodeIgniter before 3.1.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging control over the email->from field to insert sendmail command-line arguments.

Affected products

• CodeIgniter4: through 3.1.2

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96851
• https://gist.github.com/Zenexer/40d02da5e07f151adeaeeaa11af9ab36
• https://github.com/bcit-ci/CodeIgniter/issues/4963
• https://github.com/bcit-ci/CodeIgniter/pull/4966
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96851
• https://gist.github.com/Zenexer/40d02da5e07f151adeaeeaa11af9ab36
• https://github.com/bcit-ci/CodeIgniter/issues/4963
• https://github.com/bcit-ci/CodeIgniter/pull/4966

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