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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2016-4803

CRLF injection vulnerability in the send email functionality in dotCMS before 3.3.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary email headers via CRLF sequences in the subject.

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1 Nov 2026, 05:34 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2016-4803

core-osv · Original source

Published 30 Jun 2016, 17:59 UTC

CRLF injection vulnerability in the send email functionality in dotCMS before 3.3.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary email headers via CRLF sequences in the subject.

osv:CVE-2016-4803
Complete source record
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      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:30.549895668Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://dotcms.com/docs/latest/change-log#release-3.3.2",
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  "published_at": "2016-06-30T17:59:06.797+00:00"
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