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CVE-2021-3603

PHPMailer 6.4.1 and earlier contain a vulnerability that can result in untrusted code being called (if such code is inje

PHPMailer 6.4.1 and earlier contain a vulnerability that can result in untrusted code being called (if such code is injected into the host project's scope by other means). If the $patternselect parameter to validateAddress() is set to 'php' (the default, defined by PHPMailer::$validator), and the global namespace contains a function called php, it will be called in preference to the built-in validator of the same name. Mitigated in PHPMailer 6.5.0 by denying the use of simple strings as validator function names.

HIGH · CVSS 8.1 EPSS 0.00778
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0

Affected Products & Versions

2

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Packagist phpmailer/phpmailer HIGH fixed in 6.5.0

Scoring & Timeline

8.1
HIGH · CVSS v3.1 · security@huntr.dev
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Network Adjacent Local Physical
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Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
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None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD17 Jun 2021 · 12:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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