CVE-2017-11503

MEDIUM

PHPMailer 5.2.23 - Cross-Site Scripting in Email Address Fields

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

PHPMailer 5.2.23 has XSS in the "From Email Address" and "To Email Address" fields of code_generator.php.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99293/
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/143138/phpmailer-xss.txt
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2017060181
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039026
Patch, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/releases/tag/v5.2.24

Scores

CVSS v3 6.1
EPSS 0.0294
EPSS Percentile 86.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (2)
phpmailer/phpmailer 5.0.0 - 5.2.24Packagist
phpmailer_project/phpmailer 5.2.23
Published Jul 20, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026