CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-13625
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-06-08
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-116
Description
PHPMailer before 6.1.6 contains an output escaping bug when the name of a file attachment contains a double quote character. This can result in the file type being misinterpreted by the receiver or any mail relay processing the message.
Affected configurations
• phpmailer project phpmailer (< 6.1.6)
• fedoraproject fedora 31
• fedoraproject fedora 32
• canonical ubuntu linux 18.04
• debian debian linux 8.0
• debian debian linux 9.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-116 Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output weakness
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00067.html Broken Link
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00085.html Broken Link
- https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/releases/tag/v6.1.6 Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/security/advisories/GHSA-f7hx-fqxw-rvvj Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00014.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00004.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EFM3BZABL6RUHTVMXSC7OFMP4CKWMRPJ/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SMH4TC5XTS3KZVGMSKEPPBZ2XTZCKKCX/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4505-1/ Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00067.html Broken Link
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00085.html Broken Link
- https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/releases/tag/v6.1.6 Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/security/advisories/GHSA-f7hx-fqxw-rvvj Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00014.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00004.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EFM3BZABL6RUHTVMXSC7OFMP4CKWMRPJ/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SMH4TC5XTS3KZVGMSKEPPBZ2XTZCKKCX/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4505-1/ Third Party Advisory