phpmailer/phpmailer · Security
Remote code execution in PHPMailer
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-5f37-gxvh-23v6
- CVE ID
- CVE-2016-10033
- Severity
- critical
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS
- 9.8 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:H
- CVSS v3
- 9.8 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:H
Description
Impact
The mailSend function in the default 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.
Patches
Fixed in 5.2.18
Workarounds
Filter and validate user input before passing it to internal functions.
References
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10033 Related to a follow-on issue in https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10045
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
- Open a private issue in the PHPMailer project
CWEs
- CWE-77 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')
- CWE-88 · Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')
References
- https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/security/advisories/GHSA-5f37-gxvh-23v6 ↗
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10033 ↗
- https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/668-20161205-phpmailer-security-advisory.html ↗
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/phpmailer/phpmailer/CVE-2016-10033.yaml ↗
- https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/releases/tag/v5.2.18 ↗
- https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/About-the-CVE-2016-10033-and-CVE-2016-10045-vulnerabilities ↗
- https://legalhackers.com/advisories/PHPMailer-Exploit-Remote-Code-Exec-CVE-2016-10033-Vuln.html ↗
- https://www.drupal.org/psa-2016-004 ↗
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140291/PHPMailer-Remote-Code-Execution.html ↗
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140350/PHPMailer-Sendmail-Argument-Injection.html ↗
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/78 ↗
- http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/http/phpmailer_arg_injection ↗
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42221 ↗
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42024 ↗
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41996 ↗
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41962 ↗
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40986 ↗
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40974 ↗
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40970 ↗
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40969 ↗
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40968 ↗
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-10033 ↗
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5f37-gxvh-23v6 ↗