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2 vulnerabilities found for phpmailer by phpmailer_project
CVE-2016-10033 (GCVE-0-2016-10033)
Vulnerability from nvd
Published
2016-12-30 19:00
Modified
2025-10-21 23:55
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- n/a
Summary
The mailSend function in the isMail transport in PHPMailer before 5.2.18 might allow remote attackers to pass extra parameters to the mail command and consequently execute arbitrary code via a \" (backslash double quote) in a crafted Sender property.
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CVE-2016-10033 (GCVE-0-2016-10033)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-12-30 19:00
Modified
2025-10-21 23:55
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- n/a
Summary
The mailSend function in the isMail transport in PHPMailer before 5.2.18 might allow remote attackers to pass extra parameters to the mail command and consequently execute arbitrary code via a \" (backslash double quote) in a crafted Sender property.
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