CVE-2021-3603

HIGH

PHPMailer <6.4.1 - Code Injection

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

PHPMailer 6.4.1 and earlier contain a vulnerability that can result in untrusted code being called (if such code is injected into the host project's scope by other means). If the $patternselect parameter to validateAddress() is set to 'php' (the default, defined by PHPMailer::$validator), and the global namespace contains a function called php, it will be called in preference to the built-in validator of the same name. Mitigated in PHPMailer 6.5.0 by denying the use of simple strings as validator function names.

Scores

CVSS v3 8.1
EPSS 0.0078
EPSS Percentile 73.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-829
Status published
Products (4)
fedoraproject/fedora 33
fedoraproject/fedora 34
phpmailer/phpmailer 0 - 6.5.0Packagist
phpmailer_project/phpmailer < 6.4.1
Published Jun 17, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026