VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-1294

CVSS score7.5 HIGH

EPSS probability2.77%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2018-03-20

Last modified2026-06-17

CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Description

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).

Weakness classification

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references

security@apache.org — Mailing List, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mailing List, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory