GHSA-398j-f7m7-795jhigh
PHPMailer vulnerable to email header injection
The advisory, in context
Impact
Arbitrary additional email headers can be injected via crafted From or Sender headers.
Patches
Fixed in 2.2.1
Workarounds
Filter user-supplied values prior to using them in From or Sender properties.
References
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0796
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
- Open a private issue in the PHPMailer project
Affected packages
Start with the recorded fix for your release branch. Check your installed version and test compatibility before upgrading. Fixing this advisory does not rule out other vulnerabilities in the release.
phpmailer/phpmailer Packagist
Ecosystem versions
Earlier releases before 2.2.1
Fixed in 2.2.1
View affected-version evidence
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- https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/security/advisories/GHSA-398j-f7m7-795j
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0796
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=783532
- https://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=commit&h=62988bf0bbc73df655f51884aaf1f523928abff9
- https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer
- http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=194015
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2421