HighGHSA-v5c9-mmw9-829qCVE-2008-5619
PHPMailer susceptible to arbitrary code execution
Published 14 May 2022 · Updated 5 Dec 2024
Affected package
phpmailer/phpmailerComposer
- Affected
- <5.2.10
- Fixed in
- 5.2.10
Update to the fixed version for your release line, for example:
composer require phpmailer/phpmailer:^5.2.10Details
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.
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References
- Advisorynvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5619
- Linkgithub.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/commit/8beacc646acb67c995aea10ac5585970efc7355a
- Linkgithub.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer
- Linkwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/7549
- Linkwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/7553
- Linkwww.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00783.html
- Linkwww.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00802.html
- Linkmahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=533
- Linkosvdb.org/53893
- Linksourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=898542
- Linktrac.roundcube.net/changeset/2148
- Linktrac.roundcube.net/ticket/1485618
- Linkwww.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/12/1
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