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PHPMailer susceptible to arbitrary code execution

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 14, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 27, 2023

Package

composer phpmailer/phpmailer (Composer)

Affected versions

< 5.2.10

Patched versions

5.2.10

Description

html2text.php in Chuggnutt HTML to Text Converter, as used in PHPMailer before 5.2.10, RoundCube Webmail (roundcubemail) 0.2-1.alpha and 0.2-3.beta, Mahara, and AtMail Open 1.03, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted input that is processed by the preg_replace function with the eval switch.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Dec 17, 2008
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 14, 2022
Reviewed Jun 17, 2022
Last updated Jan 27, 2023

Severity

High

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(99th percentile)

Weaknesses

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2008-5619

GHSA ID

GHSA-v5c9-mmw9-829q

Source code

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