CVE-2020-13625

moderate-risk

Published 2020-06-08

PHPMailer before 6.1.6 contains an output escaping bug when the name of a file attachment contains a double quote character. This can result in the file type being misinterpreted by the receiver or any mail relay processing the message.

Do I need to act?

4.5% chance of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS score — moderate exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 7.5/10 High

NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (6)

Phpmailer

Fedora

Ubuntu Linux

Debian Linux

Affected Vendors

Debian Canonical Fedoraproject Phpmailer Project

References (18)

Broken Link http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00067.html

Broken Link http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00085.html

Release Notes https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/releases/tag/v6.1.6

Exploit https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/security/advisories/GHSA-f7hx-fqxw-rvvj

Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00014.html

Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00004.html

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro...

Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/4505-1/

Broken Link http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00067.html

Broken Link http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00085.html

Release Notes https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/releases/tag/v6.1.6

Exploit https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/security/advisories/GHSA-f7hx-fqxw-rvvj

Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00014.html

Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00004.html

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro...

Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/4505-1/

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moderate-risk

Severity 26/34 · High

Exploitability 8/34 · Low

Exposure 13/34 · Low