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 · 83th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-502, CWE-1321
- Affected
- phpmailer project/phpmailer · debian/debian linux · fedoraproject/fedora · wordpress/wordpress
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.2% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
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, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.