CVE-1999-1051

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-1999-1051 · Published 16/11/1999 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-1999-1051 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting formhandler.cgi (matt wright).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.4%, higher than 73.2% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
formhandler.cgi matt_wright	`= 1.0= 2.0= 3.0`	No fix yet

Description

Default configuration in Matt Wright FormHandler.cgi script allows arbitrary directories to be used for attachments, and only restricts access to the /etc/ directory, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via the reply_message_attach attachment parameter.

References

securityfocus.com/archive/1/34939 · Exploit

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