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Security Advisories: MDE2OlNlY3VyaXR5QWR2aXNvcnlHSFNBLTU4bWotcHc1Ny00dm0y
Cross-site scripting in PHPMailer
PHPMailer versions prior to 5.2.24 (released July 26th 2017) have an XSS vulnerability in one of the code examples, CVE-2017-11503. The code_generator.phps example did not filter user input prior to output. This file is distributed with a .phps extension, so it it not normally executable unless it is explicitly renamed, and the file is not included when PHPMailer is loaded through composer, so it is safe by default. There was also an undisclosed potential XSS vulnerability in the default exception handler (unused by default). Patches for both issues kindly provided by Patrick Monnerat of the Fedora Project.
Impact
PHPMailer 5.2.23 has XSS in the "From Email Address" and "To Email Address" fields of code_generator.php.
Patches
Fixed in 5.2.24
Workarounds
None.
References
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11503
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
- Open a private issue in the PHPMailer project
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Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: Moderate
Classification: General
Published: about 4 years ago
Updated: over 1 year ago
CVSS Score: 6.1
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Identifiers: GHSA-58mj-pw57-4vm2, CVE-2017-11503
References:
- https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/security/advisories/GHSA-58mj-pw57-4vm2
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11503
- https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2017060181
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/phpmailer/phpmailer/CVE-2017-11503.yaml
- https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/releases/tag/v5.2.24
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/143138/phpmailer-xss.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99293/
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039026
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-58mj-pw57-4vm2
Blast Radius: 26.1
Affected Packages
packagist:phpmailer/phpmailer
Dependent packages: 1,199Dependent repositories: 19,318
Downloads: 60,839,208 total
Affected Version Ranges: >= 5.0.0, < 5.2.24
Fixed in: 5.2.24
All affected 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
All unaffected versions: 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