CVE-2020-13625

HIGH

PHPMailer < 6.1.6 - Improper Output Escaping in File Attachment Name

Title source: llm

Description

PHPMailer before 6.1.6 contains an output escaping bug when the name of a file attachment contains a double quote character. This can result in the file type being misinterpreted by the receiver or any mail relay processing the message.

References (9)

Core 9

Core References

Release Notes, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/releases/tag/v6.1.6

Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/security/advisories/GHSA-f7hx-fqxw-rvvj

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00014.html

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SMH4TC5XTS3KZVGMSKEPPBZ2XTZCKKCX/

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EFM3BZABL6RUHTVMXSC7OFMP4CKWMRPJ/

Broken Link vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00067.html

Broken Link vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00085.html

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00004.html

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4505-1/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5

EPSS 0.0455

EPSS Percentile 89.3%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE

CWE-116

Status published

Products (7)

canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.04

debian/debian_linux 8.0

debian/debian_linux 9.0

fedoraproject/fedora 31

fedoraproject/fedora 32

phpmailer/phpmailer 0 - 6.1.6Packagist

phpmailer_project/phpmailer < 6.1.6

Published Jun 08, 2020

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026