CVE-2018-19296

PHPMailer before 5.2.27 and 6.x before 6.0.6 is vulnerable to an object injection attack.

CVSS v3.0 8.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

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CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

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CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

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

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/releases/tag/v6.0.6	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/releases/tag/v5.2.27	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4351	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00020.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KPU66INRFY5BQ3ESVPRUXJR4DXQAFJVT/	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3B5WDPGUFNPG4NAZ6G4BZX43BKLAVA5B/	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:phpmailer_project:phpmailer::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:phpmailer_project:phpmailer::::::::

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:::::::*

Configuration 3 (hide)

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

Information

Published : 2018-11-16 01:29

Updated : 2022-12-02 11:21

NVD link : CVE-2018-19296

Mitre link : CVE-2018-19296

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CWE

CWE-1321

Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution')

CWE-502

Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

phpmailer_project

phpmailer

fedoraproject

fedora

wordpress

wordpress

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