CVE-1999-1051: Matt Wright Formhandler.cgi

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Default configuration in Matt Wright FormHandler.cgi script allows arbitrary directories to be used for attachments, and only restricts access to the /etc/ directory, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via the reply_message_attach attachment parameter.

Affected products

• Matt Wright Formhandler.cgi: version 1.0 only; version 2.0 only; version 3.0 only

Published 1999-11-16. Last modified 2026-06-16.