VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-19296

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

HIGH 8.8EPSS 2.23%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.23%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

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

CVSS 3.1: 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 2.23% probability · 82th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-502, CWE-1321
Affected: phpmailer project/phpmailer · debian/debian linux · fedoraproject/fedora · wordpress/wordpress
Source: cve@mitre.org

References

https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/releases/tag/v5.2.27Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/releases/tag/v6.0.6Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00020.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3B5WDPGUFNPG4NAZ6G4BZX43BKLAVA5B/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KPU66INRFY5BQ3ESVPRUXJR4DXQAFJVT/
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4351Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/releases/tag/v5.2.27Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/releases/tag/v6.0.6Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00020.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3B5WDPGUFNPG4NAZ6G4BZX43BKLAVA5B/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KPU66INRFY5BQ3ESVPRUXJR4DXQAFJVT/
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4351Third Party Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.