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GHSA-738m-f33v-qc2rlow

SMTP Injection in PHPMailer

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Impact

Attackers could inject arbitrary SMTP commands via by exploiting the fact that valid email addresses may contain line breaks, which are not handled correctly in some contexts.

Patches

Fixed in 5.2.14 in this commit.

Workarounds

Manually strip line breaks from email addresses before passing them to PHPMailer.

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8476

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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.

Ecosystem versions

From 5.0.0 before 5.2.14

Fixed in 5.2.14

11 explicitly affected versions

v5.2.10, v5.2.11, v5.2.12, v5.2.13, v5.2.2, v5.2.4, v5.2.5, v5.2.6, v5.2.7, v5.2.8, v5.2.9

View affected-version evidence
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    "v5.2.2",
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    "v5.2.5",
    "v5.2.6",
    "v5.2.7",
    "v5.2.8",
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  ]
}

References