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Security Advisories: GSA_kwCzR0hTQS02aDc4LTg1djItbW1jaM4AA5CX

PHPMailer Shell command injection

PHPMailer before 1.7.4, when configured to use sendmail, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands via shell metacharacters in the SendmailSend function in class.phpmailer.php.

Impact

Shell command injection, remotely exploitable if host application does not filter user data appropriately.

Patches

Fixed in 1.7.4

Workarounds

Filter and validate user-supplied data before putting in the into the Sender property.

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-3215

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Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: High
Classification: General
Published: 12 months ago
Updated: 12 months ago


EPSS Percentage: 0.01923
EPSS Percentile: 0.88296

Identifiers: GHSA-6h78-85v2-mmch, CVE-2007-3215
References: Repository: https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer
Blast Radius: 0.0

Affected Packages

packagist:phpmailer/phpmailer
Dependent packages: 1,306
Dependent repositories: 19,318
Downloads: 71,433,365 total
Affected Version Ranges: < 1.7.4
Fixed in: 1.7.4
All affected versions:
All unaffected versions: 5.2.2, 5.2.4, 5.2.5, 5.2.6, 5.2.7, 5.2.8, 5.2.9, 5.2.10, 5.2.11, 5.2.12, 5.2.13, 5.2.14, 5.2.15, 5.2.16, 5.2.17, 5.2.18, 5.2.19, 5.2.20, 5.2.21, 5.2.22, 5.2.23, 5.2.24, 5.2.25, 5.2.26, 5.2.27, 5.2.28, 6.0.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2, 6.0.3, 6.0.4, 6.0.5, 6.0.6, 6.0.7, 6.1.0, 6.1.1, 6.1.2, 6.1.3, 6.1.4, 6.1.5, 6.1.6, 6.1.7, 6.1.8, 6.2.0, 6.3.0, 6.4.0, 6.4.1, 6.5.0, 6.5.1, 6.5.2, 6.5.3, 6.5.4, 6.6.0, 6.6.1, 6.6.2, 6.6.3, 6.6.4, 6.6.5, 6.7.1, 6.8.0, 6.8.1, 6.9.0, 6.9.1, 6.9.2, 6.9.3