The isMail transport in PHPMailer before 5.2.20 might allow remote attackers to pass extra parameters to the mail command and consequently execute arbitrary code by leveraging improper interaction between the escapeshellarg function and internal escaping performed in the mail function in PHP. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2016-10033.
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Affected Vendors & Products
Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
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Debian DLA |
DLA-770-1 | libphp-phpmailer security update |
Debian DLA |
DLA-770-2 | libphp-phpmailer regression update |
Debian DSA |
DSA-3750-1 | libphp-phpmailer security update |
Debian DSA |
DSA-3750-2 | libphp-phpmailer regression update |
Github GHSA |
GHSA-4pc3-96mx-wwc8 | Remote code execution in PHPMailer |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-5956-1 | PHPMailer vulnerabilities |
Fixes
Solution
No solution given by the vendor.
Workaround
No workaround given by the vendor.
References
History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T03:07:32.139Z
Reserved: 2016-12-26T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2016-10045
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Status : Deferred
Published: 2016-12-30T19:59:00.247
Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837
Link: CVE-2016-10045
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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Debian DLA
Debian DSA
Github GHSA
Ubuntu USN