CVE-2011-4554
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedOne Click Orgs before 1.2.3 allows remote authenticated users to trigger crafted SMTP traffic via (1) " (double quote) and newline characters in an org name or (2) " (double quote) characters in an e-mail address, related to a "2nd Order SMTP Injection" issue.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceOne Click Orgs before 1.2.3 contains a second-order SMTP injection vulnerability. Authenticated users can inject arbitrary SMTP commands by embedding double quote and newline characters in organization names, or double quote characters in email addresses. The malicious input is stored and then executed when the application later generates outgoing emails, allowing manipulation of SMTP traffic.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data<= 1.2.2= 1.0.0= 1.0.1= 1.1.0= 1.1.1= 1.2.0= 1.2.1CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- Single
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify installed One Click Orgs versionLocate the version file or check the application header/footer for the version number, or query the application database for version metadata if availableAffected if The installed version is 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.1.0, 1.1.1, 1.2.0, 1.2.1, or 1.2.2 (any version at or below 1.2.2)
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Verify email functionality is enabledConfirm that the application is configured to send outgoing emails via SMTP - check configuration files or settings for SMTP server credentials and email delivery settingsAffected if SMTP email sending is enabled and the application generates outgoing emails such as notifications or user communications
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Inspect stored organization names for injection charactersQuery the database or application storage for organization name fields and examine the stored values for the presence of double quote characters (") or newline characters (\n or \r\n)Affected if Any organization name contains double quote or newline characters, indicating possible stored SMTP injection payload
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Inspect stored email addresses for injection charactersQuery the database or application storage for email address fields and examine stored values for double quote characters (")Affected if Any stored email address contains double quote characters, indicating possible stored SMTP injection payload
The environment is affected if One Click Orgs version 1.2.2 or earlier is installed and the application stores user-controlled organization names or email addresses that could contain the injection characters, which then get executed during SMTP email generation.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade to One Click Orgs 1.2.3 or later. As an interim measure, implement strict input validation to reject or sanitize double quote and newline characters in organization name and email address fields before storage.
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