CVE-2016-10033

critical

Description

The mailSend function in the isMail transport in PHPMailer before 5.2.18 might allow remote attackers to pass extra parameters to the mail command and consequently execute arbitrary code via a \" (backslash double quote) in a crafted Sender property.

References

https://www.drupal.org/psa-2016-004

https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/About-the-CVE-2016-10033-and-CVE-2016-10045-vulnerabilities

https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/releases/tag/v5.2.18

https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/668-20161205-phpmailer-security-advisory.html

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/78

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-12-30

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical