CVE-2016-10045

The isMail transport in PHPMailer before 5.2.20 might allow remote attackers to pass extra parameters to the mail command and consequently execute arbitrary code by leveraging improper interaction between the escapeshellarg function and internal escaping performed in the mail function in PHP. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2016-10033.
Command Injection
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
9.8 CRITICAL
NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
mitreCNA
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CVEADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 99%
VendorProductVersion
phpmailer_projectphpmailer
𝑥
< 5.2.20
wordpresswordpress
𝑥
≤ 4.7
joomlajoomla\!
1.5.0 ≤
𝑥
≤ 3.6.5
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
libphp-phpmailer
bullseye
6.2.0-2
fixed
bookworm
6.6.3-1
fixed
sid
6.9.1-1
fixed
trixie
6.9.1-1
fixed
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
libphp-phpmailer
jammy
not-affected
impish
not-affected
hirsute
not-affected
groovy
not-affected
focal
not-affected
eoan
not-affected
disco
not-affected
cosmic
not-affected
bionic
not-affected
artful
not-affected
zesty
not-affected
yakkety
ignored
xenial
Fixed 5.2.14+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
released
trusty
dne
precise
ignored
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/28/1
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140286/PHPMailer-Remote-Code-Execution.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140350/PHPMailer-Sendmail-Argument-Injection.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/81
http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/http/phpmailer_arg_injection
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539967/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95130
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037533
https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/668-20161205-phpmailer-security-advisory.html
https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/releases/tag/v5.2.20
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-2016-10045-Vuln-Patch-Bypass.html
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40969/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40986/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42221/
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/28/1
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140286/PHPMailer-Remote-Code-Execution.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140350/PHPMailer-Sendmail-Argument-Injection.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/81
http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/http/phpmailer_arg_injection
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539967/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95130
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037533
https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/668-20161205-phpmailer-security-advisory.html
https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/releases/tag/v5.2.20
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-2016-10045-Vuln-Patch-Bypass.html
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40969/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40986/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42221/