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.
References (4)
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