Critical
Security advisory
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.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2016-10131
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- 31 Oct 2026, 17:40 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:CVE-2016-10131
Complete source record
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