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CVE-2016-10033

The mailSend function in the isMail transport in PHPMailer before 5.2.18 might allow remote attackers to pass extra parameters to the mail command and consequently execute arbitrary code via a \" (backslash double quote) in a crafted Sender property.

Published

2016-12-30T19:59:00.137

Last Modified

2025-10-22T00:15:48.357

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 9.8 (CRITICAL)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-88
Type: Secondary
CWE-88

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	phpmailer_project	phpmailer	< 5.2.18	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	≤ 4.7	Yes
Application	joomla	joomla\!	≤ 3.6.5	Yes

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140291/PHPMailer-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140350/PHPMailer-Sendmail-Argument-Injection.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/78 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/http/phpmailer_arg_injection Exploit, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539963/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95108 Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037533 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/668-20161205-phpmailer-security-advisory.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/releases/tag/v5.2.18 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/About-the-CVE-2016-10033-and-CVE-2016-10045-vulnerabilities Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://legalhackers.com/advisories/PHPMailer-Exploit-Remote-Code-Exec-CVE-2016-10033-Vuln.html Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.drupal.org/psa-2016-004 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40968/ Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40969/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40970/ Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40974/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40986/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41962/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41996/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42024/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42221/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140291/PHPMailer-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140350/PHPMailer-Sendmail-Argument-Injection.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/78 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/http/phpmailer_arg_injection Exploit, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539963/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95108 Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037533 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/668-20161205-phpmailer-security-advisory.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/releases/tag/v5.2.18 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/About-the-CVE-2016-10033-and-CVE-2016-10045-vulnerabilities Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://legalhackers.com/advisories/PHPMailer-Exploit-Remote-Code-Exec-CVE-2016-10033-Vuln.html Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.drupal.org/psa-2016-004 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40968/ Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40969/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40970/ Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40974/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40986/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41962/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41996/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42024/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42221/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-10033 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)