CVE-2018-1294 Improper Input Validation Apache Commons Email
Attackers can manipulate email details like recipients and content by injecting line breaks into the bounce address field in Apache Commons Email.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2018-1294?
CVE-2018-1294 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apache Commons Email, published on 20 Mar 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1294?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.apache.commons:commons-email. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
org.apache.commons:commons-email Maven | All versions | 1.5 |
org.apache.commons:commons-email Maven | All versions | 1.5 |
Products include Apache Commons Email.
How do I fix CVE-2018-1294?
Upgrade org.apache.commons:commons-email to 1.5 or later.
Is CVE-2018-1294 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1294 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Apache Commons Email
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v7cm-w955-pj6g, MGASA-2018-0136.