{"id":"CVE-2016-9484","aliases":["EUVD-2016-10290","GHSA-r29g-5mgx-4588"],"status":"published","title":"PHP FormMail Generator generates PHP code for standard web forms, and the code generated does not properly validate user input folder directories and is vulnerable to path traversal","description":"The generated PHP form code does not properly validate user input folder directories, allowing a remote unauthenticated attacker to perform a path traversal and access arbitrary files on the server. The PHP FormMail Generator website does not use version numbers and is updated continuously. Any PHP form code generated by this website prior to 2016-12-06 may be vulnerable.","severity":{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"high","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-08","score":0.04355,"percentile":0.91301,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-22"],"published":"2018-07-13T20:00:00Z","modified":"2026-06-17T00:56:09Z","products":[{"vendor":"jqueryform","product":"php_formmail_generator"},{"vendor":"php formmail","product":"generator"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/494015","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_CERT-VN","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94778","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9484"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r29g-5mgx-4588"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2016-9484","title":"PHP FormMail Generator generates PHP code for standard web forms, and the code generated does not properly validate user input folder directories and is vulnerable to path traversal","description":"The generated PHP form code does not properly validate user input folder directories, allowing a remote unauthenticated attacker to perform a path traversal and access arbitrary files on the server. The PHP FormMail Generator website does not use version numbers and is updated continuously. Any PHP form code generated by this website prior to 2016-12-06 may be vulnerable.","status":"published","published":"2018-07-13T20:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-06T02:50:38.369Z","cwes":["CWE-22"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:33:31.764001Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2016-10290","description":"The generated PHP form code does not properly validate user input folder directories, allowing a remote unauthenticated attacker to perform a path traversal and access arbitrary files on the server. The PHP FormMail Generator website does not use version numbers and is updated continuously. Any PHP form code generated by this website prior to 2016-12-06 may be vulnerable.","status":"published","published":"2018-07-13T20:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-06T02:50:38Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T02:22:27.235814Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-r29g-5mgx-4588","title":"The generated PHP form code does not properly validate user input folder directories, allowing a...","description":"The generated PHP form code does not properly validate user input folder directories, allowing a remote unauthenticated attacker to perform a path traversal and access arbitrary files on the server. The PHP FormMail Generator website does not use version numbers and is updated continuously. Any PHP form code generated by this website prior to 2016-12-06 may be vulnerable.","status":"published","published":"2022-05-13T01:38:31Z","modified":"2023-02-01T05:09:17Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-22"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:50:56.168791Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2016-9484","description":"The generated PHP form code does not properly validate user input folder directories, allowing a remote unauthenticated attacker to perform a path traversal and access arbitrary files on the server. The PHP FormMail Generator website does not use version numbers and is updated continuously. Any PHP form code generated by this website prior to 2016-12-06 may be vulnerable.","status":"published","published":"2018-07-13T20:29:01.363Z","modified":"2026-06-17T00:56:09.08Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"high","assessor":"primary"},{"version":"2.0","score":5,"vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-22"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:03:39.621168Z"}]}}