CVE-2021-3603
HIGHPHPMailer < 6.4.1 - Untrusted Code Execution via validateAddress Function
Title source: llmDescription
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)
Core 4
Core References
Product x_refsource_confirm
https://www.huntr.dev/bounties/1-PHPMailer/PHPMailer/
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/commit/45f3c18dc6a2de1cb1bf49b9b249a9ee36a5f7f3
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FJYSOFCUBS67J3TKR74SD3C454N7VTYM/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3YRMWGA4VTMXFB22KICMB7YMFZNFV3EJ/
Scores
CVSS v3
8.1
EPSS
0.0226
EPSS Percentile
80.6%
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