CVE-2002-2331: Cascadesoft w3mail

Medium severity, CVSS 5.8. EPSS: 2.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

W3Mail 1.0.2 through 1.0.5 with server side scripting (SSI) enabled in the attachments directory does not properly restrict the types of files that can be uploaded as attachments, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending code in MIME attachments, then requesting the attachments.

Affected products

• Cascadesoft w3mail: version 1.0.2 only; version 1.0.3 only; version 1.0.4 only; version 1.0.5 only

Published 2002-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.