Description
PHPMailer before 5.2.27 and 6.x before 6.0.6 is vulnerable to an object injection attack.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/releases/tag/v5.2.27
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00020.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4351
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/releases/tag/v6.0.6
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KPU66INRFY5BQ3ESVPRUXJR4DXQAFJVT/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3B5WDPGUFNPG4NAZ6G4BZX43BKLAVA5B/
Scores
CVSS v3
8.8
EPSS
0.0155
EPSS Percentile
81.7%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-502
CWE-1321
Status
published
Products (7)
debian/debian_linux
8.0
debian/debian_linux
9.0
fedoraproject/fedora
33
fedoraproject/fedora
34
phpmailer/phpmailer
5.0.0 - 5.2.27Packagist
phpmailer_project/phpmailer
< 5.2.27
wordpress/wordpress
3.7 - 5.7
Published
Nov 16, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026