CVE-2001-0024

CRITICAL 10.0CVE-2001-0024 · Published 12/02/2001 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2001-0024 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability affecting simplestmail.cgi (leif m. wright).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 5.4%, higher than 92.7% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
simplestmail.cgi leif_m._wright	`= 1.0`	No fix yet

simplestmail.cgi CGI program by Leif Wright allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the MyEmail parameter.

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