HighGHSA-398j-f7m7-795jCVE-2012-0796
PHPMailer vulnerable to email header injection
Published 6 Oct 2022 · Updated 8 Nov 2023
Affected package
phpmailer/phpmailerComposer
- Affected
- <2.2.1
- Fixed in
- 2.2.1
Update to the fixed version for your release line, for example:
composer require phpmailer/phpmailer:^2.2.1Details
Impact
Arbitrary additional email headers can be injected via crafted From or Sender headers.
Patches
Fixed in 2.2.1
Workarounds
Filter user-supplied values prior to using them in From or Sender properties.
References
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0796
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
- Open a private issue in the PHPMailer project
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References
- Linkgithub.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/security/advisories/GHSA-398j-f7m7-795j
- Advisorynvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0796
- Linkbugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=783532
- Linkgit.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=commit&h=62988bf0bbc73df655f51884aaf1f523928abff9
- Packagegithub.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer
- Linkmoodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=194015
- Linkwww.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2421
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