Is phpmailer/phpmailer 6.0 vulnerable?

Composer · 8 releases from 6.0.0 to 6.0.7 · latest phpmailer/phpmailer is 7.1.1 · checked 2 Nov 2026

Yes: 3 known advisories

Yes. phpmailer/phpmailer 6.0.7, the last 6.0 release, is affected by 3 known security advisories (3 high), including CVE-2021-3603, CVE-2021-34551, CVE-2020-13625. 1 more affects earlier 6.0.x releases. Upgrade to 6.5.0 or later to fix all of them.

Upgrade with:composer require phpmailer/phpmailer:^6.5.0

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Advisories affecting phpmailer/phpmailer 6.0.7

  • HighCVE-2021-3603GHSA-77mr-wc79-m8j322 Jun 2021

    PHPMailer untrusted code may be run from an overridden address validator

    Affected
    <6.5.0
    Fixed in
    6.5.0
  • HighCVE-2021-34551GHSA-7q44-r25x-wm4q22 Jun 2021

    Remote Code Execution vulnerability in PHPMailer 6.4.1 running on Windows

    Affected
    <6.5.0
    Fixed in
    6.5.0
  • HighCVE-2020-13625GHSA-f7hx-fqxw-rvvj27 May 2020

    Insufficient output escaping of attachment names in PHPMailer

    Affected
    <6.1.6
    Fixed in
    6.1.6

Fixed within 6.0.x, affecting earlier releases

  • HighCVE-2018-19296GHSA-7w4p-72j7-v7c25 Mar 2020

    Phar object injection in PHPMailer

    Affected
    >=5.0.0 <5.2.27 · >=6.0.0 <6.0.6
    Fixed in
    5.2.27, 6.0.6

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