CVE-2016-10045

The isMail transport in PHPMailer before 5.2.20 might allow remote attackers to pass extra parameters to the mail command and consequently execute arbitrary code by leveraging improper interaction between the escapeshellarg function and internal escaping performed in the mail function in PHP. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2016-10033.

CVSS v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : CRITICAL

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

V2 Legend

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

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40969/	Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://legalhackers.com/advisories/PHPMailer-Exploit-Remote-Code-Exec-CVE-2016-10045-Vuln-Patch-Bypass.html	Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/About-the-CVE-2016-10033-and-CVE-2016-10045-vulnerabilities	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/releases/tag/v5.2.20	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/668-20161205-phpmailer-security-advisory.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95130	Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/81	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140286/PHPMailer-Remote-Code-Execution.html	Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/28/1	Mailing List Patch
http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/http/phpmailer_arg_injection	Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140350/PHPMailer-Sendmail-Argument-Injection.html	Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037533	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42221/	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40986/	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539967/100/0/threaded	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:phpmailer_project:phpmailer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2016-12-30 11:59

Updated : 2021-09-30 09:30

NVD link : CVE-2016-10045

Mitre link : CVE-2016-10045

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-77

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')

Products Affected

joomla

joomla\!

phpmailer_project

phpmailer

wordpress

wordpress

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