{"id":"GHSA-6h78-85v2-mmch","aliases":["CVE-2007-3215"],"title":"PHPMailer Shell command injection","titleSource":"OSV","descriptionSource":"OSV","declaredSeverity":"HIGH","description":"PHPMailer before 1.7.4, when configured to use sendmail, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands via shell metacharacters in the SendmailSend function in `class.phpmailer.php`.\n\n### Impact\nShell command injection, remotely exploitable if host application does not filter user data appropriately.\n\n### Patches\nFixed in 1.7.4\n\n### Workarounds\nFilter and validate user-supplied data before putting in the into the `Sender` property.\n\n### References\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-3215\n\n### For more information\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:\n* Open a private issue in [the PHPMailer project](https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer)","severity":"high","score":null,"published":"2024-02-02T20:43:55.000Z","modified":"2024-02-02T20:58:49.494Z","withdrawn":false,"knownExploited":false,"affected":[{"ecosystem":"Packagist","name":"phpmailer/phpmailer","sources":[{"name":"OSV · GHSA-6h78-85v2-mmch","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-6h78-85v2-mmch"}],"ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.7.4"}],"type":"ECOSYSTEM"}],"versions":[],"fixed":["1.7.4"]}],"sourceAffected":[],"references":["https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/security/advisories/GHSA-6h78-85v2-mmch","https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2007060063","https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34818","https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer","https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Oct/223","https://sourceforge.net/p/phpmailer/bugs/192","https://web.archive.org/web/20070714054359/http://larholm.com/2007/06/11/phpmailer-0day-remote-execution","https://yehg.net/lab/pr0js/advisories/%5BvTiger_5.2.1%5D_rce"],"sources":[{"name":"OSV","id":"GHSA-6h78-85v2-mmch","modified":"2024-02-02T20:58:49.494723Z","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-6h78-85v2-mmch"}],"assessments":[],"products":[],"remediation":[],"kev":{"status":"not-listed","checkedAt":"2026-10-28T22:15:33.378Z"},"coverage":[{"source":"NVD","status":"not-checked"},{"source":"GHSA","status":"not-checked"},{"source":"EUVD","status":"not-checked"},{"source":"EPSS","status":"not-checked"}],"evidence":[]}