GHSA-7w4p-72j7-v7c2
Suggest an improvement- Source
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7w4p-72j7-v7c2
- Import Source
- https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2020/03/GHSA-7w4p-72j7-v7c2/GHSA-7w4p-72j7-v7c2.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-7w4p-72j7-v7c2
- Aliases
- Published
- 2020-03-05T22:08:55Z
- Modified
- 2024-02-21T05:33:19.659123Z
- Severity
-
- 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- Phar object injection in PHPMailer
- Details
-
PHPMailer versions prior to 6.0.6 and 5.2.27 are vulnerable to an object injection attack by passing phar:// paths into
addAttachment()and other functions that may receive unfiltered local paths, possibly leading to RCE. See this article for more info on this type of vulnerability. Mitigated by blocking the use of paths containing URL-protocol style prefixes such asphar://. Reported by Sehun Oh of cyberone.kr.Impact
Object injection, possible remote code execution
Patches
Fixed in 6.0.6 and 5.2.27
Workarounds
Validate and sanitise user input before using.
References
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19296
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Open a private issue in the PHPMailer project
- Database specific
{ "nvd_published_at": "2018-11-16T09:29:00Z", "cwe_ids": [ "CWE-1321", "CWE-502", "CWE-915" ], "severity": "HIGH", "github_reviewed": true, "github_reviewed_at": "2020-03-05T22:08:10Z" }- References
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- https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/security/advisories/GHSA-7w4p-72j7-v7c2
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19296
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/phpmailer/phpmailer/CVE-2018-19296.yaml
- https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/releases/tag/v5.2.27
- https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/releases/tag/v6.0.6
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00020.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3B5WDPGUFNPG4NAZ6G4BZX43BKLAVA5B
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KPU66INRFY5BQ3ESVPRUXJR4DXQAFJVT
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3B5WDPGUFNPG4NAZ6G4BZX43BKLAVA5B
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KPU66INRFY5BQ3ESVPRUXJR4DXQAFJVT
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4351
Affected packages
Packagist / phpmailer/phpmailer
Package
- Name
- phpmailer/phpmailer
- Purl
- pkg:composer/phpmailer/phpmailer
Packagist / phpmailer/phpmailer
Package
- Name
- phpmailer/phpmailer
- Purl
- pkg:composer/phpmailer/phpmailer