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Phar object injection in PHPMailer

Impact

PHPMailer versions prior to 6.0.6 and 5.2.27 are vulnerable to an object injection attack by passing phar:// paths into addAttachment() and other functions that may receive unfiltered local paths, possibly leading to RCE. See this article for more info on this type of vulnerability. Mitigated by blocking the use of paths containing URL-protocol style prefixes such as phar://. Reported by Sehun Oh of cyberone.kr.

Source excerpt · OSV
Applies when

Mitigated by blocking the use of paths containing URL-protocol style prefixes such as phar://.

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
Affected rangeRecorded fix
From 5.0.0 before 5.2.27Ecosystem versions5.2.27
From 6.0.0 before 6.0.6Ecosystem versions6.0.6

Version evidence: OSV · GHSA-7w4p-72j7-v7c2

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Original source description

PHPMailer versions prior to 6.0.6 and 5.2.27 are vulnerable to an object injection attack by passing phar:// paths into addAttachment() and other functions that may receive unfiltered local paths, possibly leading to RCE. See this article for more info on this type of vulnerability. Mitigated by blocking the use of paths containing URL-protocol style prefixes such as phar://. Reported by Sehun Oh of cyberone.kr.

Impact

Object injection, possible remote code execution

Patches

Fixed in 6.0.6 and 5.2.27

Workarounds

Validate and sanitise user input before using.

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19296

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