Vulnerability in Phpmailer Project
CVE-2020-13625
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.038 (89.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 89.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.038 · newest: 0.038 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Phpmailer Project
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 18.04
- Debian Linux — versions 8.0, 9.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 31, 32
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/releases/tag/v6.1.6 (Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)
- github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/security/advisories/GHSA-f7hx-fqxw-rvvj (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00014.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00067.html (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00085.html (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00004.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/4505-1/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-13625?
- CVE-2020-13625 is a high-severity vulnerability in Phpmailer Project, classified under Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-06-08.
- How severe is CVE-2020-13625?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-13625 known to be exploited?
- 5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.