CVE-2016-10131

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-10131
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-01-12 06:59:00 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
Descriptionsystem/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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL from [email protected]

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

EPSS: 0.031220000 probability, percentile 0.869430000 (date 2026-05-11)

Problem Types: CWE-74 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary7.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Codeigniter Codeigniter All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
prevent use of escaped arguments with mail/sendmail by derekjones · Pull Request #4966 · bcit-ci/CodeIgniter · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch
Security Advisory: PHP's escapeshellcmd and escapeshellarg are insecure · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 gist.github.com Third Party Advisory
CodeIgniter 'system/libraries/Email.php' Remote Code Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
PHPMailer - A critical vulnerability · Issue #4963 · bcit-ci/CodeIgniter · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch
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