Vulnerability Intelligence Report
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.
No Active Exploit Signals
CVSS Base Score
9.8
CRITICAL
EPSS Probability:98.04%
Executive Threat Verdict
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Attack Surface
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Authentication
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Weaponization
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SSVC Action
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Affected Products & Versions
| Vendor | Product | Affected Versions |
|---|---|---|
| phpmailer_project | phpmailer | all |
| wordpress | wordpress | all |
| joomla | joomla\! | all |
References & Technical Advisories
No reference links found.
Threat Intelligence Signals
EPSS Score
98.038%
GitHub Advisory
Identity & Timeline
| Status | PUBLISHED |
| Assigning Authority | MITRE Corporation · N/A · USA |
| Reserved | 2016-12-26T00:00:00 |
| Published | 2016-12-30T19:00:00 |
| Patch Date | 2016-12-27 |
| Last Updated | 2024-08-06T03:07:32 |
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