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Vulnerability record · CVE-2009-1776 · published 22 May 2009

CVE-2009-1776: Matt wright formmail cross-site scripting vulnerability

Matt Wright · Formmail

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in FormMail.pl in Matt Wright FormMail 1.92, and possibly earlier, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via javascript: URIs in the (1) request and (2) return_link_url parameters.

4.3 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 1.5% · top 27.5% CWE-79 · Cross-site scripting
4.3CVSS 2.0 base score
1.5%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
8References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in FormMail.pl in Matt Wright FormMail 1.92, and possibly earlier, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via javascript: URIs in the (1) request and (2) return_link_url parameters.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://secunia.com/advisories/35068 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503446/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34929
http://www.ush.it/team/ush/hack-formmail_192/adv.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/35068 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503446/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34929
http://www.ush.it/team/ush/hack-formmail_192/adv.txt

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2009-1776), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.